Review of Robert Colman’s “Ghost Work”
By Catherine Owen Ghost Work by Robert Colman Palimpsest Press (2024) The elegy, for me, is poetry’s core. You have no choice but to take risks, delve deep, accept the…
Review of Richard Osler’s “What Holiness Will I Bring?”
By Mary Vlooswyk What Holiness Will I Bring? by Richard Osler Frontenac House (2024) On July 5, 2024 Richard Osler shared news of his esophageal cancer diagnosis with readers of…
Review of Molly Peacock’s “The Widow’s Crayon Box”
By Kathryn MacDonald The Widow’s Crayon Box by Molly Peacock W.W. Norton & Company (2025) The Widow’s Crayon Box is Molly Peacock’s eighth poetry book, and from the prologue poem…
Review of Julie Paul’s “Whiny Baby”
By Kim Fahner Whiny Baby by Julie Paul McGill-Queen’s University Press (2024) With a title that evokes childhood spats and quarrels, Julie Paul’s second book of poems, Whiny Baby, gets…
Review of Beatriz Hausner’s “She Who Lies Above”
By Giovanna Riccio She Who Lies Above by Beatriz Hausner Book*hug Press (2023) Hypatia of Alexandria—the 4th-century philosopher, astronomer, mathematician, teacher, and alchemist aptly embodied her name meaning “highest” or…
Review of Barbara Pelman’s “A Brief and Endless Sea”
By Tonya Lailey A Brief and Endless Sea by Barbara Pelman Caitlin Press (2023) The poems in A Brief and Endless Sea, Barbara Pelman’s fifth book of poetry, address a…
Review of Erina Harris’ “Trading Beauty Secrets with the Dead”
By Kathryn MacDonald Trading Beauty Secrets with the Dead by Erina Harris Wolsak & Wynn (2024) Academic and poet, Erina Harris, has several interests and concerns, many find their way…
Review of Bret Crowle’s “Jesus is a Voyeur”
By Catherine Owen Jesus is a Voyeur by Bret Crowle Frontenac House (2024) Fugue: a contrapuntal composition in two or more voices involving repetition. The plurality of everything. Jesus: purported…
Review of Ellen Chang-Richardson’s “Blood Belies”
By Frances Boyle Blood Belies by Ellen Chang-Richardson Wolsak & Wynn (2024) Blood Belies is Ellen Chang-Richardson’s first full-length poetry collection after six chapbooks (solo and collaborative) published over the…
Review of Bren Simmers’ “The Work”
By Beth Everest The Work by Bren Simmers Gaspereau Press (2024) Even the construction of the cover page predicates a main theme of Bren Simmers’ fifth book, The Work. The…