On the cusp of the fiftieth anniversary of Véhicule Press, a trio of the original “Véhicule Poets” reunite in print.
By Robyn Fadden
Poetry
In Bitter in the Belly, John Emil Vincent writes a delicate cosmology as he reckons with his friend’s suicide.
By Emma Telaro
In Invisible Sea, Kevin Bushell reflects on what it means to be airborne, shifting perspectives between men and objects of flight
By Emma Telaro
In Emanations, Prathna Lor suggests that speech is a kind of eruption, where we might locate the self.
By Emma Telaro
In her first book, Šari Dale is entertaining and ironic, premising her story on the imaginary “Ultra-Glam.”
By Emma Telaro
In Horrible Dance, Avery Lake addresses catastrophe, moving with ease from difficult meditations on abuse to irreverent wit.
By Emma Telaro
This season’s poetry roundup covers David Bradford's Dream of No One but Myself, Gillian Sze's Quiet Night Think, and more.
By Robyn Fadden
Our roundup of new poetry collections for fall-winter 2021.
By Robyn Fadden
Everything about Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch’s poetry collection The Good Arabs is open-ended, curious, trying.
By Emily Mernin
Julian Peters looks at the art of poetry and gifts us with his thoughtful visual translations.
By Marcela Huerta
New work from Cora Siré, Jessi MacEachern, Ken Norris, Chad Campbell and Jocelyne Dubois in our summer poetry roundup.
By Robyn Fadden
Ghost Face is Greg Santos’ fourth book of poetry. I interpreted it as a loose narrative in verse, divided into three parts – “I/You,” "Saudade," and “Ode to Joy.” It’s a story that begins with a pregnant teenage girl escaping the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. It then follows her child, adopted by a family descended from Portuguese and Spanish immigrants, as he attempts to negotiate the complex cruelties and blessings of history, family, and identity.
By Tara McGowan-Ross