The Art of American Book Covers: 1875-1930
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By John Colburn Coffee House Press, $16.95, 144 pages John Colburn’s Psychadelic Norway shows off the style of anarchic poetry at its best. There is no doubt that the genre is narrow and often...
View ArticleLiterally Disturbed: Tales to Keep You Up at Night
By Ben H. Winters, Adam F. Watkins, Illustrator Price Stern Sloan, $9.99, 64 pages Just in time for Halloween comes a collection of spooky poems from Ben H. Winters that is sure to send chills through...
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By Stephen Burt Graywolf Press, $15.00, 88 pages Belmont by Stephen Burt is an ambitious and expertly written collection of poems that are greatly worthy of attention. Well-written, inventive, and...
View ArticleScratching the Ghost
By Dexter L. Booth Graywolf Press, $15.00, 88 pages From the get-go, Dexter L. Booth’s Scratching the Ghost, is utterly depressing. The very first line of the very first poem begins with “When I die,”...
View Articlexo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths
Edited by Kate Bernheimer Penguin Books, $18.00, 576 pages xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths, edited by Kate Bernheimer, is a brilliant collection of short stories written by a collection of modern authors,...
View ArticleAfter the Fire: A Memoir in Poetry and Prose
By J. A. Jance William Morrow, $15.99, 128 pages J.A. Jance’s After the Fire is an anthologized collection of the author’s poetry with insightful notes by Jance herself about each poem. These poems...
View ArticleF: poems
By Franz Wright Knopf, $26.95, 96 pages From the front cover Franz Wright’s F:Poems, the reader immediately knows that a unique experience waits within the pages. Two interlocking letter Fs grace the...
View ArticleThe Universe Versus Alex Woods
By Gavin Extence Redhook, $26.00, 416 pages Alex Woods is different–the worst crime a secondary student can commit. He doesn’t have the right stuff. He has a scar and suffers from epileptic seizures...
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