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Latest Reviews
Seeing things and seething
We Saw It All Happen is a graveyard of humanity’s errors. Its tiny protagonists cannot be ignored
‘A Theme Song for Our Lives’: 98 Ways to Hope
A debut poetry anthology offering 98 unique perspectives on hope
Weathering Words
A storm-weathered debut collection of poetry that intermingles narrative heft with lyrical flourishes
All Reviews
- Seeing things and seethingWe Saw It All Happen is a graveyard of humanity’s errors. Its tiny protagonists cannot be ignored
- ‘A Theme Song for Our Lives’: 98 Ways to HopeA debut poetry anthology offering 98 unique perspectives on hope
- Weathering WordsA storm-weathered debut collection of poetry that intermingles narrative heft with lyrical flourishes
- What comes before after?Afterglow by Michelle Marie Jacquot is an introspective romp through the dark, twisting halls of the inner mind
- Whispered ScreamsKeely O’Shaugnessy’s short stories take the reader through scenes of horror and hope. Screams are whispers and whispers screams…
- ‘It seems that I find myself coming out/ as biracial’Younge’s poetic space is a multitude of multitudes. Her language is constantly evolving, while the self shifts incessantly
- Alone and aliveSweetgum County is both a magnet and a vacuum. The reader too will be pulled back for more.
- Myth and micro fictionLyrical and energetic, the novella expertly intertwines myth and history
- Words + Shapes = PoetryKelly reconciles mathematics and poetry, science and art, logic and creativity, and demonstrates that what falls under these labels should not so hastily be kept apart.
- Ships, salt and a social conscienceThe inaugural issue of Seaborne Magazine is a treasure trove of writing and artwork inspired by the sea. Beautifully crafted, the magazine celebrates the maritime in all its glory
- Cycles, signs and silenceIn her second micro collection, Laura Besley weaves together one hundred stories of one hundred words to create one neatly jumbled narrative web.
- A (blue) light at the end of the tunnelJacquot’s style is intuitive and unpretentious. The verse is sparse and free of decorative adornment, which allows her words to cut through the noise of the internet age.
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