Tag: Stalking Horse Press
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reverie: emily corwin
In my recent microreview & interview of Emily Corwin’s tenderling (Stalking Horse Press), I noted how the poems showcase Corwin’s singular attention to the fluidity of language. Through anagrams and juxtaposition of elements from fairy tales and relationship narratives, tenderling pulses with the discovery of new stories being wrought from stories past. The poem “reverie” (below) is […]
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microreview & interview: Emily Corwin’s tenderling
review by José Angel Araguz Looking up definitions of the title phrase to Emily Corwin’s tenderling (Stalking Horse Press, 2018), I found three meanings: one definition refers to one who has been coddled, or one who is weak or effeminate; the second has the word “tenderling” refer to a little child; and the last to one of the budding antlers of a […]
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one more from jennifer maritza mccauley
In my recent microreview & interview of Jennifer Maritza McCauley’s Scar On / Scar Off (Stalking Horse Press), I noted the recurring themes of witness and presence throughout the poems. These themes are not mutually exclusive in the poems, rather, they exist side by side, creating meaningful friction and nuanced depths. Today’s poem, “Some Advice,” is […]
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microreview & interview: Jennifer Maritza McCauley’s Scar On/Scar Off
review by José Angel Araguz Loriella is Dead – Jennifer Maritza McCauley Yesterday Loriella choke-cried into my phone, saying we black gals got to stick together, hip to hip since the world is a leech sucking at our night necks, and I said girlIhearyou and I could hear her voice cleaving clean down the center […]
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one more from michael j. wilson
In my recent microreview & interview of Michael J. Wilson’s A Child of Storm (Stalking Horse Press), I focused my review on ideas of ambition, how the poems in the collection sought to explore their subject from various angles and depths. The poem below, also from the same collection, is an example of this lyric ambition on […]
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microreview & interview: Michael J. Wilson’s A Child of Storm
review by José Angel Araguz Tesla Writes An Obituary – Michael J. Wilson I left you New York — Walked the mountain paths of Colorado — found a field to plant my bulbs I’m the tired circus sidekick — arms spread — tied to a wheel waiting for daggers The clear dark night steamed with […]
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