Current and Contemporary Book Reviews

December 2022

New to Liberty, by DeMisty Bellinger (Unnamed) – review by Madison Harris Coffee, Shopping, Murder, Love by Carlos Allende (Red Hen) – review by Annette Ruiz Luminaries, by Kristin Keane (Omnidawn) – review by Dan Dundas The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish, by Katya Apekina (Two Dollar Radio) – review by Jasmine Pollack Your Nostalgia is Killing Me, by John Weir (Red Hen) – review by Jocelyn Hancock How to Make Paper When the World is Ending, by Dallas Woodburn (Koehler) – review by Mia Alvarez One Person Away From You, by Andrew Bertaina (Moon City) – review by Olivia Reiman Two Dollar Radio Guide to Naming Your Baby, by Travis Hoewischer (Two Dollar Radio) – review by Sterling Bratton

Spring 2022

The Essence of Nathan Biddle, by J. William Lewis (Greenleaf) – review by Cara Musashi The Blessed, by Remy Apepp (Thinklings) – review by Michael Alerich Splendid Anatomies, by Allison Wyss (Veliz) – review by Mia Aguilera

Winter 2022

Lemon, by Kwon Yeo-sun (Other Press) – review by Cara Musashi April Warnings, by Mark Pleiss (Veliz) – review by Jasmine Venegas I Only Cry with Emoticons, by Yuvi Zalkow (Red Hen) – review by Araceli Macias Letters to Memory, by Karen Tei Yamashita (Coffee House) – review by Madison Laughlin You’re Pretty Gay, by Drew Pisarra (Chaffinch) – review by Masa Shah Monster Portraits, by Del and Sofia Samatar (Rose Metal) – review by Selena Cordar Afterfeast, by Lisa Hiton (Tupelo) – review by Sherry Hall A Mouthful of Air, by Amy Koppelman (Two Dollar Radio) – review by Tracy DeStefano Souvenirs, by Karen An-hwei Lee and Andrew Colarusso (Baobab) – review by Yosmar Mora

Summer 2021

Night Rooms, by Gina Nutt (Two Dollar Radio) – review by Mia Alvarez One Night Two Souls Went Walking, by Ellen Cooney (Coffee House) – review by Amelia Aguilera  We Were Lucky with the Rain, by Susan Buttenwieser (Four Way Books) – review by Taylor Croft The Best of Brevity, edited by Zoë Bossiere and Dinty W. Moore (Rose Metal Press) – review by Anika Lotti When the Color Started, by Bradford Philen (Tailwinds Press) – review by Cara Musashi Clap For Me That’s Not Me, by Paola Capó-Garcia (Rescue Press) – review by Carina Baca  M-Theory: A Novel, by Tiffany Cates (Baobab) – review by Kamila De La Fuente Ghostographs: An Album, by Maria Romasco Moore (Rose Metal Press) – review by Liliana Hernandez Red Rover Red Rover, by Bob Hicok (Copper Canyon) – review by Parker Kemper Strange Children, by Sadie Hoagland (Red Hen) – review by Sara Winsky Cold Country, by Russel Rowland (Dzanc) – review by Seth Rodriguez

Summer 2020

The Cuban Comedy, by Pablo Medina (Unnamed Press) – review by Alasia Parra Audubon’s Sparrow, by Juditha Dowd (Rose Metal Press) – review by Anika Lotti Voice Message, by Katherine Barret Swett (Autumn House) – review by Christine Martins Instances of Head-Switching, by Teresa Milbrodt (Shade Mountain) – review by Emma Garcia Luxury, Blue Lace, by S. Brook Corfman (Autumn House) – review by Hannah Cokash The Book of Transparencies, by Jefferson Navicky (KERNPUNKT) – review by Lauren Ojinaga  Starfish, by Sara Goodman (The Lettered Streets Press) – review by Masa Muna Shah Alligator and Other Stories, by Dima Alzayat (Two Dollar Radio) – review by Sienna Ruiz Anxious Attachments, by Beth Alvarado (Autumn House) – review by Teyah Guerrero

Winter 2019

Gone Alaska, by Dave Barrett (Adelaide Books) – review by Gabriel Tan Setting the Wire, by Sarah C. Townsend (Lettered Streets) – review by Emma Garcia The Great Right Here, by Ellyn Touchette (U. of Hell Press) – review by Hannah Schultz Wild Milk, by Sabrina Orah Mark (Dorothy) – review by Jasmine Venegas Olympusville, by Ron Koertge (Red Hen) – review by Jessika Dunn Indecency, by Justin Phillip Reed (Coffee House) – review by Monica Rosas Bloomland, by John Englehardt (Dzanc) – review by Shaughn Hull

Spring 2019

Without Protection, by Gala Mukomolova (Coffee House) – review by Ani Oganisian The Good Mother of Marseille, by Christopher X. Shade (Paloma Press) – review by Cassidy Adams Red Channel in the Rupture, by Amber Flora Thomas  (Red Hen) – review by Hannah Cokash Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea, by Sarah Pinsker (Small Beer Press) – review by Krista Nave Around Harvard Square, by CJ Farley (Akashic Books) – review by Paige Bullock JOY, by Erin McGraw (Counterpoint) – review by Sienna Ruiz Thirty-Seven, by Peter Stenson (Dzanc) – review by Taylor Croft Operating Systems, by Joe Pan (Spork) – review by Christine Martins

Winter 2018

The Book of Transparencies, by Jefferson Navicky (Kernpunkt Press) – review by Cassidy Adams Bosun, by New Juche  (Kiddiepunk) – review by Cheyenne Avila King of Pain, by Christine Kanownik (Monk Books) – review by Sienna Ruiz Survival House, by Wendell Mayo (Stephen F. Austin) – review by Shaughn Hull

Spring 2018

Everyone Wants to be Ambassador to France, by Bryan Hurt (Red Hen) – review by Sierra-Nicole Debinion Woman, Running Late, in a Dress, by Dallas Woodburn (Yellow Flag Press) – review by John Abbasi The Making Sense of Things, by George Choundas (University of Alabama) – review by Mylene Moreira The Fourth Corner of the World, by Scott Nadelson (Engine) – review by Tabitha Lawrence The Perfume Burned His Eyes, by Michael Imperioli (Akashic) – review by Mylene Moreira The Science of Lost Futures, by Ryan Habermeyer (BOA) – review by Paige Bullock Strange Children, by Dan Brady  (Publishing Genius) – reviewed by Taylor Croft Eleanor Or The Rejection Of The Progress Of Love, Anna Moschovakis (Coffee House) – review by Alexandra Dixon AMERICAN LETTERS: works on paper, by Giovanni Singleton (Canarium) – review by Areli Alvarez The Natashas, by Yelena Moskovich (Dzanc) – review by Lucy Diaz Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado (Graywolf) – review by Areli Alvarez The Night I Burned My Origami Skin, Catalina Florescu (Anaphora) – review by Devon Crook

December 2017

Christmas in July, Alan Michael Parker (Dzanc) – review by Alexandra Dixon Good Bones, Maggie Smith (Tupelo) – review by Andrea Crook Myths & Ms, Rosie Rosenzweig (Anaphora) – review by Cassidy Adams 1947: Where Now Begins, Elisabeth Åsbrink (Other) – review by Krista Nave Angel of the Underground, by David Andreas (Akashic) – review by Mylene Moreira Missing Persons, by Stephanie Carpenter (Press 53) – review by Nick Sanchez My House Gathers Desires, by Adam McOmber (BOA) – review by Paige Bullock

June 2017

Spent: A Memoir, Antonia Crane (Rare Bird Books) – review by Aimee Campos So What, So That, Marjorie Welsh (Coffee House) – review by Isamari Camacho In the Foam of the Blue Waves, Kathleen Wakefield (Pen and Brush) – review by Lauren Lancaster Yuki Chan in Bronte Country, by Mick Jackson (Faber and Faber) – review by Ami Roberts Disaster, Madison Davis (Timeless, Infinite Light) – review by Gabi Ramos The Gift, by Barbara Browning (Coffee House) – review by Mylene Moreira Brooklyn Poets Anthology (Brooklyn Arts) – review by Alyssa Sell On The Occasion of The Last Old Camp Meeting in Llano County, J. Scott Brownlee (Tree Light Books) – review by Alyssa Godina Notes on Wolves and Ruin, Christine Hamm (Ghostbird) – review by Kendra Craighead 300 Arguments, Sarah Manguso (Graywolf) – review by Cassidy Adams Tender Points, Amy Berkowitz (Timeless, Infinite Light) – review by Michelle Wilkison Gates & Fields, Jennifer Firestone (Belladonna*) – review by Cheyenne Avila Notes of a Mediocre Man, Bipin Aurora (Guernica) – review by Briana Cerda

December 2016