reviewed by Isaac Fox Amorak Huey’s 2019 poetry collection Boom Box is a plunge into the tiny, tiny world of small-town Alabama in the 1980s. Immersed in crushing suburban expectations, […]
Poetry Review
“As if sitting the wrong way on a departing train”: Review of Amanda Gunn’s “Happy and Well”
reviewed by Katherine Buerke Above Amanda Gunn’s poem “Happy and Well“ is an image of four bright yellow tulips on a gray background. Often used as a symbol of hope […]
“if you please, O Wise One”: Review of “The Wise American Poet Brings Peace to the Middle East” by Fargo Tbakhi (Prolit, December 2020)
reviewed by Isaac Fox Fargo Tbakhi’s “The Wise American Poet Brings Peace to the Middle East” begins with a question: “What is the value of poetry in a world so […]
Unpacking the Divine Disguise of the Discriminate: A Review of Soon Jones’s “Church Gossip”
Reviewed by Lauren Walters It’s not news that Christianity can be an undoubtedly fraught subject for many queer individuals and writers. Historically, Christian ideologies and various translations of Christian texts […]