reviews of, reflections on, response to

Dylan Krieger, Metamortuary:

{ Metamortuary – poetry – Dylan Krieger }

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Kolby Harvey, The Mothercake Cycle:

{ The Mothercake Cycle – poems – Kolby Harvey }

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John Sibley Williams, Skin Memory:

{ Skin Memory – poems – John Sibley Williams }

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S. Brook Corfman, Meteorites:

{ Meteorites – poems – S. Brook Corfman }

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Darren C Demaree, Nude Male With Echo:

{ Nude Male with Echo – poems – Darren C Demaree }

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George Salis, Sea Above, Sun Below:

{ Sea Above, Sun Below – George Salis }

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Paige Lewis, Space Struck:

{ Space Struck – poems – Paige Lewis }

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Aria Aber, Hard Damage:

{ Hard Damage – poems – Aria Aber }

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Erik Fuhrer, not human enough for the census:

{ not human enough for the census – poems – Erik Fuhrer }

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Kaleigh Maeby, Something Akin To:

{ Something Akin To – poems – Kaleigh Maeby }

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Carlos Andrés Gómez, Hijito:

{ Hijito – poems – Carlos Andrés Gómez }

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Luke Johnson, : boys:

{ :boys – poems – Luke Johnson }

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Marisa Crane, Our Debatable Bodies:

{ Our Debatable Bodies – poems – Marisa Crane }

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Rebecca Kokitus, Blue Bucolic:

{ Blue Bucolic – poems – Rebecca Kokitus }

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Aviya Kushner, Eve and All the Wrong Men:

http://www.drunkmonkeys.us/2017-posts/2018/06/01/100-word-reviews-eve-and-all-the-wrong-men-by-aviya-kushner

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Crystal Stone, Knock-Off Monarch:

https://kingsoftrain.com/2019/05/24/knock-off-monarch-poems-crystal-stone/

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Camonghne Felix, Build Yourself A Boat:

{ Build Yourself A Boat ~ poems ~ Camonghne Felix }

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Michelle Bonczek Evory, The Ghosts of Lost Animals:

{ The Ghosts of Lost Animals – poems – Michelle Bonczek Evory }

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Kelli Allen, Banjo’s Inside Coyote:

{ Banjo’s Inside Coyote – poems – Kelli Allen }

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Darren C Demaree, Emily As Sometimes the Forest Wants the Fire:

{ Emily As Sometimes the Forest Wants the Fire – poems – Darren C. Demaree }

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John Sibley Williams, As One Fire Consumes Another:

{ As One Fire Consumes Another – poems – John Sibley Williams }

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Nomi Stone, Kill Class:

{ Kill Class – poems – Nomi Stone }

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Rodney Gomez, Ceremony of Sand:

Ceremony of Sand ~ poems ~ Rodney Gomez

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Tanya Olson, Stay:

Stay ~ poems ~ Tanya Olson

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Molly McCully Brown, The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded:

The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded ~ poems ~ Molly McCully Brown

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Emily Paige Wilson, I’ll Build Us A Home:

I’ll Build Us a Home – poems – Emily Paige Wilson

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Logan February, Mannequin In The Nude:

MANNEQUIN IN THE NUDE, a poetry collection by Logan February, reviewed by Barton Smock

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Maya Sonenberg, After the Death of Shostakovich Pere:

AFTER THE DEATH OF SHOSTAKOVICH PÈRE, a memoir by Maya Sonenberg, reviewed by Barton Smock

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Sybil Baker, While You Were Gone:

https://pankmagazine.com/2018/11/26/review-gone-sybil-baker/

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Susannah Nevison, Lethal Theater:

Lethal Theater – poems – Susannah Nevison

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Katherine Osborne, Descansos:

Descansos – poems – Katherine Osborne

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Logan February, How to Cook a Ghost:

How to Cook a Ghost – poems – Logan February

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Blas Falconer, Forgive the Body This Failure:

Forgive the Body This Failure – poems – Blas Falconer

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Kwame Opoku-Duku, The Unbnd Verses:

The Unbnd Verses / poems / Kwame Opoku-Duku

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Erik Rasmussen, A Diet of Worms:

Barton Smock reviews Erik Rasmussen’s novel A DIET OF WORMS

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Peter Twal, Our Earliest Tattoos:

Our Earliest Tattoos – poems – Peter Twal

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Anna Meister, As If:

As If – poems – Anna Meister

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Darren C. Demaree, Bombing the Thinker:

Bombing The Thinker – poems – Darren C Demaree

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Lauren Brazeal, Gutter:

Gutter – poems – Lauren Brazeal

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Jon Cone, Cold House:

Cold House – poetry – Jon Cone

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Kari Gunter-Seymour, Serving:

Serving – poetry – Kari Gunter-Seymour

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Isobel O’Hare, all this can be yours:

all this can be yours – ERASURES – Isobel O’Hare

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Eloisa Amezcua, From the Inside Quietly:

https://isacoustic.com/2018/07/19/from-the-inside-quietly-poetry-eloisa-amezcua/

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Kazim Ali, Silver Road:

Silver Road – essays, maps & calligraphies – Kazim Ali

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Adeeba Shahid Talukder, What Is Not Beautiful:

What Is Not Beautiful – poems – Adeeba Shahid Talukder

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Anthony Frame, Where Wind Meets Wing:

https://isacoustic.com/2018/06/08/where-wind-meets-wing-poems-anthony-frame/

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Steven Sanchez, Phantom Tongue:

Phantom Tongue – poems – Steven Sanchez

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Hannah Cohen, Bad Anatomy:

Bad Anatomy – poems – Hannah Cohen

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Melissa Atkinson Mercer, KNOCK:

KNOCK – poems – Melissa Atkinson Mercer

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Montreux Rotholtz, Unmark:

Unmark – poems – Montreux Rotholtz

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Rax King, The People’s Elbow:

The People’s Elbow – recitatives – Rax King

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Chelsea Dingman, What Bodies Have I Moved:

What Bodies Have I Moved – poems – Chelsea Dingman

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Sophia Naz, Date Palms ~ Pointillism:

Date Palms – Pointillism – poetry – Sophia Naz

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Marisol Baca, Tremor:

https://isacoustic.com/2018/05/01/tremor-poems-marisol-baca/

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Kristina Marie Darling, Dark Horse:

https://isacoustic.com/2018/04/27/dark-horse-poems-kristina-marie-darling/

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Devin Kelly, In This Quiet Church Of Night, I Say Amen:

In This Quiet Church Of Night, I Say Amen – poems – Devin Kelly

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Francine Witte, Café Crazy:

Café Crazy – poems – Francine Witte

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Chelsea Dingman, Thaw:

thaw – poems – Chelsea Dingman

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Camonghne Felix, Yolk:

https://isacoustic.com/2018/04/19/yolk-poems-camonghne-felix/

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Melissa Atkinson Mercer, ghost exhibit:

https://isacoustic.com/2018/04/17/ghost-exhibit-poems-melissa-atkinson-mercer/

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Gillian Prew, Three Colours Grief:

https://isacoustic.com/2018/04/16/three-colours-grief-poems-gillian-prew/

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Canese Jarboe, dark acre:

dark acre – poems – Canese Jarboe

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Bettina Judd, patient.

patient. – poems – Bettina Judd

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Michelle Gottschlich, VOID SETS:

VOID SETS – poems – Michelle Gottschlich

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Kazim Ali, Inquisition:

Inquisition – poems – Kazim Ali

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Ursula Andkjær Olsen, translated by Katrine Øgaard Jensen, Third-Millennium Heart:

https://isacoustic.wordpress.com/2018/03/11/third-millennium-heart-poetry-ursula-andkjaer-olsen-translated-by-katrine-ogaard-jensen/

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Ghayath Almadhoun, translated by Catherine Cobham, Adrenalin:

https://isacoustic.wordpress.com/2018/03/10/adrenalin-poetry-ghayath-almadhoun/

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Rae Hoffman Jager, One Throne:

https://isacoustic.wordpress.com/2018/03/10/one-throne-poems-rae-hoffman-jager/

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Sara Moore Wagner, hooked through:

https://isacoustic.wordpress.com/2018/03/09/hooked-through-poems-sara-moore-wagner/

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Traci Brimhall, Saudade:

https://isacoustic.wordpress.com/2018/03/07/saudade-traci-brimhall/

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Darren C. Demaree, Two Towns Over:

https://isacoustic.wordpress.com/2018/02/12/two-towns-over-poems-darren-c-demaree/

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Natalie Eilbert, Indictus:

https://isacoustic.wordpress.com/2018/03/04/indictus-poems-natalie-eilbert/

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Meghan McClure, Portrait of a Body in Wreckages:

https://isacoustic.wordpress.com/2018/02/10/portrait-of-a-body-in-wreckages-prose-meghan-mcclure/

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Ruth Awad, Set to Music a Wildfire

https://kingsoftrain.wordpress.com/2017/10/26/review-of-ruth-awads-set-to-music-a-wildfire/

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Kaveh Akbar, Calling a Wolf a Wolf

https://kingsoftrain.wordpress.com/2017/10/25/review-by-barton-smock-of-kaveh-akbars-calling-a-wolf-a-wolf/

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Darren C Demaree, Many Full Hands Applauding Inelegantly

https://kingsoftrain.wordpress.com/2017/11/04/review-of-darren-c-demarees-many-full-hands-applauding-inelegantly/

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Brian James Dawson, The War On Unicorns:

https://kingsoftrain.wordpress.com/2015/08/27/review-for-brian-james-dawsons-the-war-on-unicorns-words-dance-publishing-august-2015/

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Sarah Marcus, Nothing Good Ever Happens After Midnight:

https://kingsoftrain.wordpress.com/2016/09/07/nothing-good-ever-happens-after-midnight-poems-by-sarah-marcus-gtk-press-2016/

Sarah Marcus, They Were Bears:

https://isacoustic.wordpress.com/2017/11/21/they-were-bears-poems-sarah-marcus/

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Kelli Allen, Imagine Not Drowning:

https://kingsoftrain.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/review-for-kelli-allens-imagine-not-drowning-cr-press-2016/

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Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib, The Crown Ain’t Worth Much:

https://kingsoftrain.wordpress.com/2017/03/03/reflections-on-hanif-willis-abdurraqibs-the-crown-aint-worth-much-button-poetryexploding-pinecone-press-2016/

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Adam Hughes, Uttering The Holy:

https://kingsoftrain.wordpress.com/2013/12/18/review-uttering-the-holy-poems-by-adam-hughes/

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Gillian Prew, Throats Full of Graves:

https://isacoustic.wordpress.com/2018/01/29/throats-full-of-graves-poems-gillian-prew/

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Eleanor Gray, marshland moon:

https://isacoustic.wordpress.com/2018/02/08/marshland-moon-poems-eleanor-gray/

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Katherine Osborne, Fire Sign:

https://kingsoftrain.wordpress.com/2016/01/12/in-response-to-fire-sign-poems-by-katherine-osborne/

https://isacoustic.wordpress.com/2018/01/18/editors-arrows-katherine-osborne/

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Joseph Jengehino, Ghost of the Animal:

https://kingsoftrain.wordpress.com/2016/07/09/a-call-to-joseph-jengehinos-ghost-of-the-animal/

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Jessica Dawson, Fossil Fuels:

http://wordsdance.com/fossil-fuels-by-jessica-dawson/

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Lisa Gordon, Moving In With The Dalai Lama:

https://kingsoftrain.wordpress.com/2015/08/10/review-of-lisa-gordons-moving-in-with-the-dalai-lama-poems-bookthug-2015/

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Cynthia Atkins, In The Event Of Full Disclosure:

http://www.litbridge.com/book-reviews/review-of-in-the-event-of-full-disclosure/

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Mikl Paul, Dandelions That Have Held Your Breath:

https://kingsoftrain.wordpress.com/2013/10/17/review-of-mikl-pauls-dandelions-that-have-held-your-breath/

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David McLean, Nobody Wants To Go To Heaven But Everybody Wants To Die:

https://kingsoftrain.wordpress.com/2013/09/18/review-for-david-mcleans-nobody-wants-to-go-to-heave-but-everybody-wants-to-die/

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Roberto Carcache Flores, Viszlat:

https://isacoustic.wordpress.com/2018/02/27/viszlat-stories-roberto-carcache-flores/

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Jill Chan, What To Believe:

https://isacoustic.wordpress.com/2018/03/03/what-to-believe-poems-jill-chan/

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Laura Catherine Brown, Made By Mary:

https://www.fjordsreview.com/reviews/made-by-mary-book.html

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