Category: review
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A New Reading List
Let’s take a look at a new reading list. Back when we were reading for the Crone Issue, we asked what books our poets were reading – and not just poetry books, but any book, modern or classic. The results were surprising. So many books we’d never heard of, but after reading reviews, got added…
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New Chapbook by Oisín Breen
We’d like to share the news of a new chapbook by Gyroscope Review poet Oisín Breen, Lilies on the Deathbed of Étaín and Other Poems. Steeped in the tradition of Irish poetry, Oisín weaves his way through folklore and the natural world with evocative imagery. Introduction by Oisín I’ve never been the best at précis,…
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Duets Review by Robert Kostuck
Duets, a collection of paired ekphrastic poems by Cynthia Atkins and Alexis Rhone Fancher inspired by photos by Alexis Rhone Fancher, will transfix and transport you.
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Book Review – Household Gods by Bonnie Proudfoot
Bonnie Proudfoot’s new chapbook Household Gods weaves its way through the intricacies of what it means to be family, and also to be the one left to look back and try to make sense of it all. The past is never as far away as we’d sometimes like it to be. Fathers, mothers, aunts, brothers,…
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EROTIC by Alexis Rhone Fancher – Book Review
Book Review by Elya Braden, Assistant Editor A student undergoing a word-association test was asked why a snowstorm put him in mind of sex. He replied frankly: “because everything does.” Honor Tracy Welcome to the world of EROTIC, where flowers, rain, mudguards on a 16-wheeler, a dog leash, a crystal chandelier, a yucca tree and…
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Moonglow on Mercy Street by John Biscello – Book Review
Book Review – The tenor of John Biscello’s new book of poems, Moonglow on Mercy Street, is set in the first poem with the line “stepping boldly and bravely into the glaring unknown.” There is liberal use of the cosmic to explain details of life, and the repercussions of actions. I enjoyed the strength in…
