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(Compli)cities: A Review of Aimee Louw’s “Less Sweet Than Chocolate or Concrete”

Less Sweet Than Chocolate or Concrete by Aimee LouwFrog Hollow Press, 2020 Review by Neil Surkan “Crip Poetics is my thesis title / I don’t really know what poetics means.” So ends the penultimate poem in Aimee Louw’s new...

January 14, 2021 at 10:08 am PRISM read more

Prayers for the Necropastoral: A Review of Susan Alexander’s “Nothing You Can Carry”

Nothing You Can CarrySusan AlexanderThistledown Press, 2020 Review by Neil Surkan Comprising five suites that echo and amplify one another, Susan Alexander’s sophomore collection, Nothing You Can Carry, pushes us to the limit of hope. Alongside their imagistic flourishes,...

November 12, 2020 at 11:01 am PRISM read more

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(Compli)cities: A Review of Aimee Louw’s “Less Sweet Than Chocolate or Concrete”

Prayers for the Necropastoral: A Review of Susan Alexander’s “Nothing You Can Carry”