In “Hard Listening: Poems,” Alison Letterman chronicles her past, her family, her life, and the music that helped shape who she is.
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Poets and Poems: Patricia Clark and “Self-Portrait with a Million Dollars”
“Self-Portrait with a Million Nature” by poet Patricia Clark uses nature to frame poetry about the inevitable changes of life.
Poets and Poems: Paul Willis and “Orvieto”
Poet Paul Willis visits a walled medieval town of Orvieto in Italy, and he describes its art, churches, streets, monuments, and vineyards.
Poets and Poems: Gabrielle Myers and “Points in the Network”
In “Points in the Network: Poems,” Gabrielle Myers takes familiar, everyday subjects and makes you think you’re reading them for the first time.
Poets and Poems: Christine Rhein and “Wild Flight”
“Wild Flight: Poems” by Christine Rhein tells a story of how a boy’s displacement during World War II shaped his family for decades after.
Poets and Poems: Peter Murphy and “You Too Were Once on Fire”
In “You Were Once on Fire,” poet Peter Murphy describes the distance between the real and the ideal and a sense of things coming undone.
Poets and Poems: Donna Vorreyer and “Unrivered”
Poet Donna Vorreyer comes to grips with aging, grief, and longing in her fourth poetry collection, “Unrivered.”
Poets and Poems: A.J. Thibault and “We Lack a Word”
Screenwriter and novelist A.J. Thibault waited a few decades until he published the poems and prose poems he wrote in college.
Poets and Poems: Catherine Strisik and “Goat, Goddess, Moon”
In “Goat, Goddess, Moon,” poet Catherine Strisik takes us on a poetic journey through family and personal history in Greece and Crete.
Poets and Poems: Andrea Potos and “The Presence of One Word”
“The Presence of One Word: Poems” by Andrea Potos considers the things we retain in memory throughout our lives.
Poets and Poems: Mary Brown and “Call It Mist”
In “Call It Mist: Poems,” Mary L. Brown uses words like a surgeon’s scalpel, looking below the outwardly obvious to plumb rhe depths beneath.
Poets and Poems: The Three Collections of Pasquale Trozzolo
In his three poetry collections, Pasquale Trozzolo explores the pandemic lockdown, the end of a relationship, and life in a small town.
Poets and Poems: Boris Dralyuk and “My Hollywood”
In “My Hollywood and Other Poems,” Boris Dralyuk writes to the Hollywood of Russian emigres and the community they created there.
Poets and Poems: Teow Lim Goh and “Bitter Creek”
“Bitter Creek: An Epic Poem” by Teow Lim Goh tells the story of Chinese immigration and how it affected the American West.
Poets and Poems: Danelle Lejeune and “Incompleteness Theory”
In her new chapbook “Incompleteness Theory,” poet Danelle Lejeune successfully mixes poetry, science, and humor.
Poets and Poems: Four Collections by Erin Murphy, Part 2
“Fluent in Blue” and “Human Resources,” the most recent collections by Erin Murphy, continue her focus on form and order.
Poets and Poems: Four Collections by Erin Murphy, Part 1
Two collections, “Taxonomies” and “Fields of Ache,” by poet Erin Murphy reveal a focus on form, order, and classification.
Poets and Poems: Wendell Berry and “Another Day”
In “Another Day: Sabbath Poems,” Wendell Berry continues his focus on community, land, landscape, people, and a sense of place.
Poets and Poems: Jeffrey Bilbro and “Exile’s Journey”
“Exile’s Journey” by Jeffrey Bilbro is a poetry collection about community, landscape, people, and what makes us human.
Poets and Poems: Andrea Potos and “Two Emilys”
In “Two Emilys,” poet Andrea Potos pays tribute to two writers and poets — Emily Bronte and Emily Dickinson.