Grist Book Reviews
Hamlet Figura by Daniel Gabriel
Reviewed by Michael Sutherlin | April 22, 2021Dos Madres Press, 2020Paperback, 196 pages, $20.00 If you are looking for a cerebral investigation into the nature
Magnolia Canopy Otherworld by Erin Carlyle
Reviewed by Rachel Bryan | April 13, 2021Driftwood Press, December 2020Paperback, 82 pages, $14.99 Erin Carlyle’s debut poetry collection Magnolia Canopy Otherworld opens with an
My Name Is Romero by David A. Romero
Reviewed by Maggie Rue Hess | March 23, 2021Flowersong Press, 2020Paperback, 109 pages, $20 There are many occasions that prompt us to introduce ourselves: over
Just an Ordinary Woman Breathing by Julie Marie Wade
Reviewed by Emily Jalloul // March 17, 2020Mad Creek Books, 2020Paperback, 208 pages, $18.95 “Just An Ordinary Woman Breathing” is Julie Marie Wade’s eleventh book.
Skin Memory by John Sibley Williams
Reviewed by Rachel Harper // March 6, 2020The Backwaters Press, 2020Paperback, 84 pp. $15.95 Loss, the pain that accompanies such an experience, and the process
The Many Names for Mother by Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach
Reviewed by Emily Bradley // December 2, 2019The Kent State University Press, 2019Paperback, 98 pages Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach’s The Many Names for Mother is a collection of
Infinity Standing Up by Drew Pisarra
Reviewed by Michael Sutherlin // November 4, 2019Capturing Fire Press, 2019Paperback, 68 pp. $10 Drew Pisarra takes on the topic of the modern on-again off-again
Fludde by Peter Mishler
Reviewed by Joseph LaBine // August 30, 2019 I first read Peter Mishler’s book of poetry, Fludde, in manuscript in 2015, and it called up my
Editor Recommends: Umansky, Mountain & Miller
Review by Jeremy Michael Reed // August 14, 2019The Barbarous Century by Leah UmanskyEyewear Publishing, March 2018 // 106 pages, £10.99High Ground Coward by Alicia MountainUniversity of
Nineteen Letters by Kathleen McGookey
Reviewed by Natalie Tomlin // August 6, 2019Batcat Press, April 2019Hardcover, 45 pages, $24.00 With the publication of her latest chapbook, Nineteen Letters, Kathleen McGookey continues her
Pathos, Wry Wit, and a Yellow Mustard Penis: Renee Simms’ Debut Story Collection Meet Behind Mars
Reviewed by Jody Hobbs Hesler // May 28, 2019 Renee Simms’ outstanding debut collection, Meet Behind Mars from Wayne State University Press, captivates with fully-imagined characters who
How to Renew the People and the Land: Stephanie Anderson’s One Size Fits None: A Farm Girl’s Search for the Promise of Regenerative Agriculture
Review by John Nichols // February 13, 2019University of Nebraska Press$21.95, pp.321 Stephanie Anderson’s One Size Fits None: A Farm Girl’s Search for the Promise of
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