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Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover [by Nin Andrews]
But that’s exactly what I did when I purchased Quan Barry’s poetry collection, Auction. The cover: a transparent blue toilet. How could I resist? It reminded me of how often I have searched for…
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from “The Fight for the Future of Publishing” [by Alex Perez /The Free Press]
Inside the Book World from "The Fight for the Future of Publishing" [from The Free Press] by ALEX PEREZ / November 28, 2023Ideological fanatics and fear have crippled the major houses. But new book…
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Hoping It Might Be So [by Nin Andrews]]
There’s something wrong with me. I think this every year in December. Because I don't like Christmas. To be fair, I don’t like any holidays. No, I like ordinary days, immemorable moments. I love…
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In Favor of Thomas Traherne [by David Lehman]
The blessed babe in a divine Eden is a Romantic trope, but it received a pure exposition long before the age of Blake and Wordsworth. A shoemaker’s son from Hereford, Thomas Traherne (1636-1674) captured…
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“Stalin’s Holidays” by John Forbes [Thomas Moody]
"Stalin's Holidays" is the title poem of John Forbes' second collection. Happy holidays! Stalin's Holidays The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Juniper berries bloom in the heat. My…
