Meg Kearney’s first book, An Unkindness of Ravens, garnered BOA’s A. Poulin Jr. New Poet’s Award. It’s not surprising that her new collection, Home By Now, continues her practice of unforced, gracefully adept poems that are... Read More
The history of South Africa is largely the story of apartheid-the political subjugation and persecution of the non-white population-which became national policy in 1948, but which had its roots in Holland’s colonial presence. The Dutch... Read More
It may have been Emily Dickenson who first suggested the fullness of absence, but in her appealing memoir, Yarn: Remembering the Way Home, Kyoko Mori updates the concept. “In knitting, the holes are constructedÂ…” she writes.... Read More
Dixie Noir is a detective yarn that doesn’t pull any punches, beginning in medias res of a cold-blooded murder somewhere in Montgomery, Alabama. Protagonist Ennis Skinner is a man with little to lose who is bent on “making amends”... Read More
Young eyes sparkle with new understanding. A smile melts your heart. Parents treasure those precious moments spent bonding with their children. For those whose children have communication difficulties, such as autism, such moments take... Read More
Have you ever wished you could go back in time a few minutes, hours, or days, and make a different choice? Do you ever despair that a certain moment of weakness ruined your life? We’ve all had the feeling that if only we could return... Read More
Although death is frequently evoked in Adrian Blevins’s latest collection, not even drowning can kill the speaker of these poems. As the title suggests, she is what’s coming live (electrified?) from the homesick jamboree. She is... Read More
In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell, marking the end of the Cold War-as well as the end of history itself, according to the writer and philosopher Francis Fukuyama. In his new book "1989", pop culture critic Joshua Clover argues that although... Read More