Reviews
The Glass Crib by Amanda Auchter
Nick Ripatrazone The Glass Crib by Amanda Auchter. Zone 3 Press, 2011. “There is no pain but the bodily”: so begins “The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa,” the final in a sequence of saint-themed poems in The Glass Crib, Amanda Auchter’s … Continue reading
Break the Skin by Lee Martin
Ashley Gray Billman Break the Skin by Lee Martin (Crown, 2011) Deception and lies, love triangles and witchcraft, unfulfilled dreams and trailer parks, desperation and accidental murder. These elements, so often associated with salacious romance novels, fill the pages of … Continue reading
Review of Floyd Collins
What Harvest: Poems on the Siege & Battle of the Alamo by Floyd Collins (Somondoco Press, 2011) I have not thought much, if any, about the Alamo since elementary school. If high school or college history books discussed it, those … Continue reading