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“Walker-Figueroa has curated an elusive and unifying tone that both aches, plays and emanates a heady decay.“

"“On a Planet’s Calando Applause”: Diction, Decay, and Deep Dives in Devon Walker Figueroa’s Lazarus Species"

by Claire Jussel

November 18, 2025

"The Emergence of Brandon Kilbourne’s Poetics in Natural History"

“Few other poets today operate in this genre of poetics, specifically eco-poetics and Anthropocene poetics.“

by Mikal Wix

November 4, 2025

"Ghosts and Grief: Navigating Moral Creedence in Anbara Salam’s The Salvage"

"The Salvage is an adventurous gothic trip through Scottish tradition.”

by Shirley Dees

October 7, 2025

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"Notes and Errata: Memory and Form in Elaine Feeney’s Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way"

“In her latest novel, Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way, the prolific poet and novelist Elaine Feeney showcases quite nicely the aptitude of the form in bringing memory to life.”

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""Wild Soft Hope": The Beauty of Endurance in Donika Kelly’s The Natural Order of Things"

“This collection offers a halting, cautious, and ultimately mature vision of personal healing.“

by Isaac Randel

October 7, 2025

POETRY REVIEW

by D.W. White

October 24, 2025

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