Review of Lisa Richter’s “Nautilus and Bone”
By Angeline Schellenberg Nautilus and Bone by Lisa Richter Frontenac House (2020) ISBN: 9781989466124 I’m usually drawn to poetry books that feel like old friends: collections that put music to…
Frogs Fell from the Sky: Fiction in Poetry
by Mary Ann Moore A friend of mine was editing a magazine devoted to fiction which led me to change things so that, for instance, a dog’s breed becomes Chihuahua…
2020/2021 Annual Prose and Poetry Short List
Prose Aren’t they too Old? Blood Memory How to Eviscerate a Turkey Pas de Deux Pie Jesu Please take her Violets Room for Rent Saint Water Sasha Lived on a…
Review of Lori Hahnel’s “Vermin”
By Kathryn Shalley Vermin by Lori Hahnel Great Plains Publications (2020) ISBN: 9781773370460 Though disparate in time and location, the stories in Lori Hahnel’s Vermin are bound by a common…
Review of Catherine Owen’s “Riven: Poems”
By Bret Crowle Riven: Poems by Catherine Owen ECWPress (2020) ISBN: 9781770415249 Catherine Owen’s Riven is a collection of poems woven together to blend the feeling of loss with the…