Book Review
Stepparenting the Grieving Child
by Olivia Boler
Drawing from the author’s personal experiences, this is an excellent, essential guide for stepparents of grieving children. Diane Ingram Fromme’s "Stepparenting the Grieving Child" offers helpful guidance to stepparents, guardians,...
Book Review
The Geometry of Freedom
by Olivia Boler
There is a joyfulness in these poems, a positive outlook that verges on the mystical. In Henry Cunningham’s poetry collection "The Geometry of Freedom", free verse becomes the vehicle for addressing issues of the self, like fulfilling...
Book Review
My Name Is Tom
by Olivia Boler
An obsession with music leads to the rave scene in this sharp and appealing coming of age story. Jon Reeves’s My Name is Tom is a contemporary British coming-of-age story. Thomas Luke Joyce is a generally average young man, if...
Book Review
Between the Mirrors and Other Poems
by Olivia Boler
This contemplative poetry collection addresses both grand and everyday subjects in thoughtful, lyrical language. Garth Kellett’s poetry collection "Between the Mirrors and Other Poems" highlights feelings and emotions in unusual ways,...
Book Review
Bashō in America
by Olivia Boler
While each haiku stands on its own merit, the collection, read from beginning to end, is linked by tone and subject matter. Poet Sander Zulauf’s haiku collection "Bashō in America" takes its inspiration from Matsuo Bashō, a famous...
Book Review
Joy Street
by Olivia Boler
Foley takes command of the meaning behind her words, bending and mastering them with her positive outlook on life. Laura Foley’s fourth poetry collection, "Joy Street", is a slender volume that can be easily read all at once, then...
Book Review
The Light Changes
by Olivia Boler
The poet’s expressive talents are far ranging, varying in word play and mood. Deeply personal and dark, the poems in Amy Billone’s debut collection, "The Light Changes", work best read together, for their meaning is illuminated in...
Book Review
Myths and Rhymes
by Olivia Boler
In the introduction to "Myths and Rhymes", poet William Poe encourages readers of his poetry collection to “allow the words to flow as much for their rhythm as for their meaning.” This is good advice to follow. The poems are clearly...