Saturn PeachLily WangGordon Hill Press, 2020 Review by Clara Otto CW: Brief mention of rape Lily Wang’s Saturn Peach oscillates between the ethereal and the feral. The poems in this collection are filled with quiet longing, grief, and intimacy....
The Kissing of KissingHannah EmersonMilkweed Editions, 2022 Review by Clara Otto The Kissing of Kissing, the debut collection by nonspeaking autistic poet Hannah Emerson, is an invitation to see with new eyes. Hypnotic and tender, these poems pluck the...
frank: sonnetsDiane Seuss Milkweed Editions, 2021 Review by Clara Otto Diane Seuss’s 2021 collection frank: sonnets explores addiction, disability, death, and love. In the hands of a less skilled poet the combination of these themes might make for a maudlin...
The Curious ThingSandra LimW. W. Norton & Company, 2021 Review by Clara Otto The Curious Thing by Sandra Lim explores dreams, writing, and the banality of life. The poems in this collection feel as though the speaker is trying...