'The Wild Fox of Yemen' by Threa Almontaser is an amazing collection of poems illuminating the life of Muslim Americans.
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Book Review: ‘Keats’s Odes: A Lover’s Discourse’ by Anahid Nersessian
'Keats's Odes: A Lover's Discourse' by Anahid Nersessian is a deep and accessible delve into the poetry of one of the great Romantic poets.
Read More »Poetry Review: ‘Precision’ by Laurie Duesing
Although this work dates back a few years, the current COVID-19 pandemic makes it more relevant than ever before.
Read More »Book Review: ‘an evening absence still waiting for moon’ Poems by Bruce Kauffman
Kingston Ontario, Canada poet Bruce Kauffman is releasing his fourth collection of poems published by Hidden Brook Press, an evening absence still waiting for moon. Like Kauffman’s previous publications the works contained in this volume not only draw you into the secret world of the mundane things we take for …
Read More »Book Review: ‘All the Women in My Family Sing’ Edited by Deborah Santana
All the Women in My Family Sing is a memorable anthology of American culture (3.5 stars) and diversity within 69 essays written by 69 different women of color and edited by Deborah Santana as a strong soundboard for women's voices where the chosen works are positive and practical.
Read More »Music Reviews: Jazz Albums from Takaaki, Jane Ira Bloom, Roy McGrath
New jazz albums with tie-ins to poetry, Puerto Rico, and Gustav Holst's 'The Planets'
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Dream of the Rood’
Western Europe's earliest known dream-vision poem, newly translated from the Anglo-Saxon and adapted for the stage.
Read More »Documentary Film Review: ‘A Fanatic Heart: Bob Geldof on W.B. Yeats’
In Bob Geldof, the "smiling public man" of Irish letters finds yet another champion. Yeats' words have never stopped ringing, but his life was just as fascinating.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Monkey Grammarian’ by Octavio Paz
For Paz, language means more than just syntax and grammar; his "world before language exists" is something pre-life, a universe of abstraction that monkeys can't imagine but poets can.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): A Poignant ‘Burning Patience’ at the Classic Theatre
Antonio Skármeta's charming work comes to the Classic Theatre in a simple yet entrancing production.
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