Poetry

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SUBTEXT

Overlays the philosophical on the personal on the historical and even the dramatic.

By Jade Palmer

The Electrocutionist

The Electrocutionist

Hubbard prioritizes imagery over interpretation, narrative over lyricism, and visual over cerebral clarity.

By Jade Palmer

Batten Down

Batten Down

Croll’s voice performs acrobatic feats throughout the text.

By Jade Palmer

On Occasion: Poems for the People

On Occasion: Poems for the People

Sina Queyras’ anthology On Occasion: Poems for the People offers a wonderfully diverse array of poetic expression.

By Brooke Lee

Empties

Empties

Surkan’s poems are varied, precise, and overlapping, formally agile while remaining emotionally grounded.

By Paisley Conrad

Rush of Wingspan

Rush of Wingspan

Schönmaier writes with remarkable clarity and restraint about memory, landscape, music, and duration.

By Paisley Conrad

Interposition

Interposition

Kellough suggests that poetic work itself might function as disruption.

By Paisley Conrad

Lateral Sway

Lateral Sway

Ampersands appear everywhere, a desire line through the book.

By Paisley Conrad

Qaf ’s People

Qaf ’s People

The book is boldly cosmological, and her imagery possesses a verdant turbulence.

By Paisley Conrad

[SPACE]

[SPACE]

Alexei Perry Cox’s deeply political project is a quantum entanglement of love and grief.

By Madelaine Caritas Longman