

Reviewed by A.N. DeJesús
Let’s All Die Happy
Poetry by Erin Adair Hodges
University of Pittsburgh Press, October 2017
$15.95, 112 pp.
ISBN-13: 978-0822965145
Erin Adair Hodges’ poems are ...
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Reviewed by Ronnie K. Stephens
Open Your Mouth Like a Bell
Poems by Mindy Nettifee
Write Bloody Publishing, April 2018
$14.08, 100 pp.
ISBN-13: 978-1938912832
Open Your Mouth Like a Bell is the second ...
Review: Open Your Mouth Like a Bell by Mindy Nettifee
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Reviewed by Thomas Moody
Dragging Anchor
Poems by Keri Marinda Smith
Hanging Loose Press, April 2018
$18.00, 72 pp.
ISBN-13: 978-1934909553
“For Gainesville.” Keri Marinda Smith dedicates her ...
Review: Dragging Anchor by Keri Marinda Smith
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Reviewed by Natalie Sypolt
Lost in the Beehive
A novel by Michele Young-Stone
Simon & Schuster, April 2018
$16.00, 298 pp.
ISBN-13: 978-1451657647
We’re all familiar with the phrase “beauty is ...
Review: Lost in the Beehive by Michele Young-Stone
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Reviewed by Doug Ramspeck and Beth Sutton-Ramspeck
Saudade
Poems by Traci Brimhall
Copper Canyon Press, November 2017
$16.00, 109 pp.
ISBN-13: 978-1556595172
Sigmund Freud referred to religion as a ...
Review: Saudade by Traci Brimhall
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Reviewed by Joanna R. Demkiewicz
Belly Up
Stories by Rita Bullwinkel
A Strange Object, May 2018
$14.59, 192 pp.
ISBN-13:978-0998518435
Rita Bullwinkel’s debut collection of stories Belly Up is ...
Review: Belly Up by Rita Bullwinkel
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Reviewed by Marcos Gonsalez
Essay of Nepantla: An Anthology for Queer Poets of Color
Poetry Anthology
Nightboat, May 2018
$16.77, 204 pp.
ISBN-13: 978-1937658786
A photograph in the archive of American ...
Review: Essay of Nepantla: An Anthology for Queer Poets of Color
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Reviewed by Samantha Seto
Surgical Wing
Poems by Kristin Robertson
Alice James Books, May 2017
$15.95; pg. 100
ISBN: 978-1938584343
Kristin Robertson’s poetry collection Surgical Wing tells a ...
Review: Surgical Wing by Kristin Robertson
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Reviewed by Linett Luna Tovar
Pecking Order
Poems by Nicole Homer
Write Bloody Publishing, April, 2017
$15.00, 100 pp.
ISBN-13: 978-1938912726
With fearlessness, intention, and humor, Nicole Homer’s ...