Grist Book Reviews
The Skin that Heats and Sparks: Anya Krugovoy Silver’s From Nothing
Review by Paige Sullivan // March 27, 2017Louisiana State University Press, September 2016Paperback, 80pp. $17.95 Though From Nothing, Anya Silver’s third collection of poetry, begins with
Impossible Questions: Leif Haven’s Arcane Rituals
Review by Justin Goodman // March 13, 20171913 Press, 2016Paperback, 100 pp. $15.00 Exhortations are poetic. Think Homer’s “Tell me, O Muse,” to Rilke’s “you
Stars and Bright Signs: Tawnysha Greene’s A House Made of Stars
Review by Justin LaFreniere // February 27, 2017Burlesque Press, 2015Paperback, 196 pp. $16.95 Tawnysha Greene’s A House Made of Stars opens with danger disguised as play: the
Justin Boening’s Not on the Last Day, But on the Very Last
Review by Emily Corwin // January 9, 2017Milkweed Editions, 2016Paperback, 61 pp. $16 Justin Boening’s Not on the Last Day, But on the Very Last is a
Quinn Dalton’s Midnight Bowling
Review by Courtney Mullis // December 5, 2016Carolina Wren Press, March 2016Paperback, 263pp. $17.95 Quinn Dalton’s second novel Midnight Bowling is more than just a teenage love
Hard Lines: Rough South Poetry
Review by Paige Sullivan // November 14, 2016University of South Carolina Press, April 2016Hardcover, 312pp. $49.99 Hard Lines: Rough South Poetry anthologizes contemporary Southern poetry filled
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