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Book Review: Wading through Lethe by Paulette Guerin

2022 January 10 by pdh513

Wading Through Lethe, by Paulette Guerin, FutureCycle Press, 2022, 84 pp. Reviewed by N. S. Boone Paulette Guerin’s first book is entitled Wading Through Lethe. The title is important, for it not only highlights the book’s key themes of memory and loss, but it also indicates the function of the lyric in the volume. Lethe refers to the waters of oblivion. Plato, in Book 10 … [Read more...] about Book Review: Wading through Lethe by Paulette Guerin

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Book Review: Field Trip by James Fowler

2022 January 9 by pdh513

Field Trip: Stories by James Fowler. Cornerpost Press, 2022, Pp. 194 Reviewed by C. D. Albin In a brief author’s note at the beginning of his debut story collection Field Trip, James Fowler designates place as the soil “from which my characters rise and in which they become themselves.” Yet unlike many authors who identify the notion of place as the source of their … [Read more...] about Book Review: Field Trip by James Fowler

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Book Review: Fractals by Gerry Sloan

2022 January 7 by pdh513

Fractals, by Gerry Sloan, River Oaks Press, Russellville, AR. Reviewed by Phillip Howerton Somewhere along the way in childhood I acquired a pen-sized microscope/telescope. This was one of my favorite toys. It was pocket-sized and practical, allowed me to look close and faraway, and lent perspective to mundane features of everyday life. Fractals, a chapbook of 36 poems by … [Read more...] about Book Review: Fractals by Gerry Sloan

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Book Announcement: Wading through Lethe by Paulette Guerin

2022 January 5 by pdh513

Book Release Announcement Congratulations to Paulette Guerin on the release of her poetry collection Wading through Lethe published by FutureCycle Press. https://www.futurecycle.org/ Description In Wading through Lethe, a girl growing up in rural Arkansas learns to navigate life, love, and loss as she approaches womanhood. She leaves home to study and to travel. … [Read more...] about Book Announcement: Wading through Lethe by Paulette Guerin

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