by RS Admin | Apr 11, 2017
Ocular Proof Marth Ronk Omnidawn Publishing October, 2016 ISBN 978-1-63243-025-0 80 pages Reviewed by Corva León The opening poem of Ocular Proof vividly describes a photograph and the actions of the viewer, beginning with “The tree azalea overwhelms...
by RS Admin | Apr 3, 2017
Music as a form of storytelling has been part of human culture since time immemorial, and something as simple as a few note can tell us a lot about a person or a world. We can watch a love story unfold over piano with sparing use of instruments like in Pixar’s Up, or...
by RS Admin | Mar 27, 2017
prompt: verb. assist or encourage (a hesitating speaker) to say something American author Jonah Lehrer once said, “Creativity is a spark. It can be excruciating when we’re rubbing two rocks together and getting nothing. And it can be intensely satisfying when the...
by RS Admin | Mar 22, 2017
Patron Saint of Lost Comfort Lake Rachel L. Coyne New Rivers Press 2015 ISBN 9780898233162 168 pages Reviewed by CAITLIN O’BRIEN Rachel L. Coyne’s second novel, The Patron Saint of Lost Comfort Lake, centers around a woman learning to accept the things that...
by RS Admin | Mar 13, 2017
Why are you reading this? Why are you even on the internet? You wanted to build a community with someone. You wanted to reach through that ethereal bond of the internet and be able to say, “Yes, you get me. Please metaphorically hold my hand through the next episode...
by RS Admin | Mar 7, 2017
We Slept Here Sierra DeMulder Button Poetry January 2015 ISBN 978-0989641586 58 pages Reviewed by BLYTHE BAIRD Sierra DeMulder reflects on recovering from the trauma of an abusive relationship in We Slept Here with stunning yet jarring imagery. This collection never...
