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Weaving Worlds: Mapping life, landscape, and loss in Laura Marris’ The Age of Loneliness

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Poetry

The Humoral Tonality of Niki Tulk’s Book of Poetry, O, a Fable Becoming a Poem

Review

Conversation

Ken Harmon speaks to poet Anthony DiPietro about his new book, kiss and release, currently available from Unsolicited Press. Hear him read his poems, "Resurrection Spell" and "Unrequited Fuck Boy."

DiPietro's poem "Loving All These Men. Is That What I Think" is featured in West Trade Review's Spring 2023 print edition. Read it here.

"I’ve been doing? honey, if I’m real,

I been fuckin’ around."

Reviews of Recent and Forthcoming Titles

Reclaiming Power: Exploring Women’s Resilience in Lena Valencia's Mystery Lights

Reviewed by Corrine Watson

Ecstatic Silence in Roger Reeves’s Dark Days: Fugitive Essays and the Modern Protest

Reviewed by Nicole Gantz

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Resilience as a Lifestyle: A Review of Crying in the Bathroom by Erika L. Sánchez

Joanna Acevedo speaks to poet Robert Wood Lynn about about the influence of place on his work, his new book How to Maintain Eye Contact, and the importance of humor in poetry. Robert's work is featured in our Spring 2023 print edition.

Ken Harmon speaks to poet Richard Blanco about his new book, Homeland of My Body: New & Selected Poems, due out October 24, 2023, from Beacon Press. Hear Blanco read the new poems, "The Splintering" and "Why I Needed To."

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Literary Criticism

"The Revolution Comes from Within:

Interiority and Point of View in Selected Works of Rachel Cusk" by D.W. White

"A novel may be thought of as consisting of two parts, running concurrently with each other. The narrative function describes those aspects of a book which operate as, quite simply, the story. A character storming out of a room to confront a cheating spouse, a protagonist agonizing over what to wear in advance of seeing brunch with her mother-in-law, the detective going back to the crime scene after a flash of insight — these are all examples of narrative actions. Textual functions, on the other hand, are those that inform theme, character arc, tonality, or the like. Places, in other words, where the book acts ‘as a book’, where the design and craftsmanship come into play. The most effective writers often execute these functions simultaneously..." Read the entire piece here.

Les Brady speaks with Associate Editor Kelly Harrison in this episode of our PostScript Interview Series. Brady's essay "Parts Unknown" is featured in the Spring 2022 issue of West Trade Review.

Poet Dare Williams speaks with Editor Ken Harmon in this episode of our PostScript Interview Series. Dare's poem "A Painting, A Wonder" is featured in the Winter 2021 collection of Online Exclusives.

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