Category: Poetry Books

AALBC reviews Russell Atkins

Jan 29, 2015 | Book Review, Poetry Books, Unsung Masters,

Robert Fleming over at African American Literature Book Club (AALBC) wrote a review of Russell Atkins’ collection, here’s a little bit of what he had to say: “This is an astounding tribute to one of the most innovative American artists, Russell Atkins, by a small, independent publisher, Pleiades Press. Prufer, a professor in the Creative…

Coming soon! The Belle Mar by Katie Bickham

Jan 21, 2015 | Poetry Books,

Check out this beautiful book we’re about to send to the printer. The Belle Mar by Katie Bickham won the 2014 Lena-Miles Wever Todd prize. Contest judge Alicia Ostriker says, “What is The Belle Mar?  It is a big southern house that has stood from slavery times to now, as generations of white and black people have…

An Interview with Abigail Cloud

Jan 16, 2015 | Interview, Poetry Books,

by Christopher Eithun Abigail Cloud’s book, Sylph, won the Lena-Miles Wever Todd prize and was published by Pleiades Press in 2014. Her poetry has also appeared in Pleiades, Gettysburg Review, Cincinnati Review, Copper Nickel, and other literary journals. With a background in dance, Abigail is interested in combining choreography with poetry, and the effect that forms of the body…

Good Press Over at American Microreviews for Sylph

Jan 15, 2015 | Book Review, Poetry Books,

Our friends over at American Microreviews & Interviews recently took a look at Abigail Cloud’s newest collection of poems Sylph:  “Abigail Cloud’s Lena-Miles Wever Todd Prize winning debut Sylph conjures demons-of-everyday-annoyances (i.e. demons of broken jars, lost wedding rings, needle pricks, and choked peppermints), angels who go on benders, Ginger Rogers and her stylist, women from classical…

The Rumpus reviews The Glacier’s Wake

Dec 13, 2014 | Book Review, Poetry Books,

“In the same way that a mausoleum door bars entrance to the living, thus emphasizing the cemented barrier between the alive and the dead, Katy Didden’s debut poetry collection, The Glacier’s Wake, begins with a titular frontispiece which challenges the reader to work for admission into the landscape of grief she creates. Establishing the text’s most…