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
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
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
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
Featured Poet: Dave Malone I was born in Rolla, Missouri. My family moved around quite a bit when I was a kid, and we landed in rural Kansas when I was six. My younger sister and I spent some amazing elementary school years there amid a farming community. Our home was out in the country in a remote development. From my bedroom I could see Tuttle Creek Lake. To the south … [Read more...] about Featured Poet: Dave Malone