Here at the CruxLeanne BoschmanSilver Bow Publishing, 2022 Review by Cynthia Sharp Leanne Boschman is an exemplary poet, human, and Earth citizen—a sister to the past, present, and future; to readers, memory, and verse. Here at the Crux is...
You Better Be LightningAndrea GibsonButton Press Poetry, 2021 Review by Cynthia Sharp You Better Be Lightning from Button Press Poetry, an independent publisher of performance art, is Andrea Gibson’s eighth overall book in a collection that spans full-length individual...
Dear Memory: Letters On Writing, Silence, And GriefVictoria ChangMilkweed Editions, 2021 Review by Cynthia Sharp Victoria Chang’s multimedia poetic conversation Dear Memory: Letters On Writing, Silence, And Grief turns sorrow into art with transcendent understanding. Intergenerational suffering is expressed...
Odes and LamentsFiona Tinwei LamCaitlin Press, 2019 Review by Cynthia Sharp Odes and Laments is one of three of Fiona Tinwei Lam’s exquisite poetry collections. The cover of Odes and Laments, designed by Vici Johnstone with photography by Janet...