Steve Luxton’s books appear infrequently, which is ironic considering what a facilitator of other people’s writing ...
By Bert Almon
Poetry
Each of Erin Mouré’s recent works is a kit for the reader to assemble without an instruction manual. Little ...
By Bert Almon
Sherwin Tjia, who is perhaps better known as a cartoonist (Pedigree Girls) than poet, has described his ...
By Bert Almon
Sonja Skarstedt’s In the House of the Sun deals with Hawaii. The poems often read like travelogues, ...
By Bert Almon
In Lettricity, Kaie Kellough’s debut collection, the performance poet’s Caribbean roots rub up against ...
By Kimberly Bourgeois
Todd Swift has a remarkably capacious imagination. He is one of the founders of “fusion poetry,” which brings ...
By Bert Almon
Carmine Starnino’s new book shows his usual mastery: he uses the couplet and other stanza forms with extraordinary ...
By Bert Almon
Geoffrey Cook’s first collection is written mostly in strict forms, though some of his best writing comes in ...
By Bert Almon
Norm Sibum, a winner of the A.M. Klein Award, is best at defining atmosphere. His characters, who seem detached ...
By Bert Almon
Susan Glickman's new book offers a full retrospective of her work, which has proceeded down the middle of the ...
By Bert Almon
In publishing Autumn Harvest, a deluxe edition of the poems of Stanley Brice Frost, it is clear that the ...
By Bert Almon
In Between Cup & Lip, Jean Mallinson is feisty, angry, tender: a full range of emotions. Her tropes are ...
By Bert Almon