Truth OMGImane BoukailaUnrestricted Interest, 2021 Review by Catherine Harris Brimming with tumbling language, tactile sound, and vivid emotion, Imane Boukaila’s chapbook Truth OMG is a blend of sound and motion—a reading experience you can both hear and feel. Boukaila...
SwolleningJason PurcellArsenal Pulp Press, 2022 Review by Catherine Harris Jason Purcell’s Swollening begins in childhood, where the microbial landscape of the body is formed. In “Bathing” the speaker says, “For years / could not say the word I—could not...
AutowarAssiyah Jamilla TouréBrick Books, 2021 Review by Catherine Harris Assiyah Jamilla Touré’s debut collection is both concrete and abstract, dissolving and rematerializing into new forms at every turn. The speaker in Touré’s collection is repeatedly reborn, shedding their previous...