Book Review: Tricks of Light by Thaddeus Rutkowski
What drew me into Tricks of Light, Thaddeus Rutkowski’s newest collection, was how he captures the universal sense of alienation that seems to be a... Read more →
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Butterfly Alley
My favorite surprise in downtown Riverside is Butterfly Alley, which has surprised me several times. I forget it for a while and then I’ll be... Read more →
Brian Sonia-Wallace’s The Poetry of Strangers: What I Learned Traveling America with a Typewriter
Brian Sonia-Wallace’s mission and vision as a poet is beautiful and compelling. He is a full-time poet, and he is able to make a living writing... Read more →
Book Review: Open the Fist by Elya Braden
I meant to write the review of Elya Braden’s Open the Fist fairly quickly. It is after all a chapbook, and those generally take less time because... Read more →
Storylandia Issue 32, J. H. Malone’s Drunk on Time
I started reading science fiction when I was a teenager in the 1980s, and I subscribed to as many magazines as I could afford. What I liked about... Read more →
Millard Sheets and the Inland Valleys
It’s impossible to get away from the artistic influence of Millard Sheets especially in the Inland Valleys. Sheets was primarily a watercolorist... Read more →
Book Review: Prime Meridian by Connie Post
Connie Post’s newest poetry collection, Prime Meridian is more than just a book that investigates the ongoing life of a family that has been... Read more →
Seeing and Re-Seeing Dan Romero’s Work In the Inland Valleys
Art museums have opened up again, but I’m not comfortable going yet. I’m not worried for myself, but for my parents and immunocompromised friends... Read more →
Book Review: That Strapless Bra in Heaven by Sarah Sarai
Sarah Sarai’s new collection That Strapless Bra in Heaven is in parts both scatological and surreal. I mean that statement as high praise. Here,... Read more →
Book Review: The Doctor Will Fix It by Bunkong Tuon
Bunkong Tuon’s poetry collection, The Doctor Will Fix It, follows his journey from the time that he becomes a father to his daughter Chanda until... Read more →
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