-
Book Review: Bombing the Thinker by Darren C. Demaree
Read more: Book Review: Bombing the Thinker by Darren C. DemareeFor today’s post, we asked our assistant editor Joshua A. Colwell to review Darren C. Demaree’s new poetry book, Bombing the Thinker (Backlash Press, 2018). This is Josh’s first time writing a review for our website. We hope you enjoy it. Poet Darren C. Demaree writes from Columbus, Ohio. His works have won him numerous awards,…
-
An Early Close to Our Fall Issue Reading Period
Read more: An Early Close to Our Fall Issue Reading PeriodIt’s true – our fall issue reading period was scheduled to run until September 15 OR until we had enough good work to fill the issue. Guess what? We got tons of good work and were able to fill our issue more quickly than we imagined. Breathing room for all is the happy result as…
-
Poem Analysis – Taming the Wild Verse
Read more: Poem Analysis – Taming the Wild VerseFaced with a daunting task, you whip out your sword and poke tentatively at the page. The poem rears back like a cobra and strikes, rapping your knuckles and yanking the blade from your numb fingers. Defenseless, you stand and accept the myriad of paper cuts dished out by the sneering paper. Reading a poem…
-
Celebrating Midwest Literature
Read more: Celebrating Midwest LiteratureCELEBRATING MIDWEST LITERATURE, REMINDING MYSELF WHAT IT IS TO BE A WRITER I don’t know if you know this, but Gyroscope Review’s three editors live nowhere near an ocean. Constance Brewer and I, the two founding editors, are firmly planted in what some consider fly-over country: Wyoming and Minnesota, respectively. Our Assistant Editor, Josh…