Saturday, October 12, 2024

The Animal After Whom Other Animals are Named by Nichole Sealey (2016)


 The Animal After Whom Other Animals are Named

Nichole Sealey

Northwestern University Press

Evanston, IL

(c)2016

The introduction to this tiny collection by Chris Abani is brilliant in its own right. The first poem for me that excited my poetry taste buds is the poem "Clue". Every poem in this 23 page collection is brilliant. Oh my god even!

Exploded Assembly by Karen Donovan (2020)


 Exploded Assembly

Karen Donovan

The Sow's Ear 2019 Chapbook Competition Winner

(c)2020

I am as impressed the artwork, Apart Accordion, (2012) by Todd McClellan as I am by the poetry in this fine little collection.  Track this one down and read it !



Thursday, October 10, 2024

Simple Needs by Janet Rumpf (1984)


Simple Needs

Janet Rumpf

Self Published

This chapbook has local flavor with all the scents creating a bouquet good enough to consume. If, of course, one knew the area being described. It's a labor of love from someone who loved the land and the labor and the town and its people.