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Tracks and Shadows Field Biology As Art by Harry W. Greene

December 14, 2023

Non Fiction
Tracks and Shadows Field Biology As Art
by Harry W. Greene

Review by Jerrod G. Tynes

The text, Tracks and Shadows Field Biology As Art, is an expressive autobiography that discusses the process of how the author (Harry W. Greene) came to be a field biologist, studying of all things, snakes... read more >

BOOK REVIEW

Poetry - Hush by Nikki Ummel

November 17, 2022

POETRY
Hush
by Nikki Ummel

Review by Justin Lacour

There is a rare intimacy to the poems in Nikki Ummel’s chapbook, Hush. The poet takes the reader into some of the most vulnerable spaces possible, beginning with a double mastectomy and ending with the speaker’s first sexual experience... read more >

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Poetry - EROTIC: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS BY ALEXIS RHONE FANCHER

October 20, 2022

POETRY
EROTIC: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS
BY ALEXIS RHONE FANCHER

Review by Landon Porter
and John Brantingham

Alexis Rhone Fancher’s poetry often explores how our sexuality is not just an expression of who we are and how we see ourselves but is a primal force that pushes us to the truths of our deepest selves and our relationship to others around us... read more >

BOOK REVIEW

Chasing Homer by László Krasznahorkai

April 14, 2022

Thriller
Chasing Homer
by László Krasznahorkai

Review by Landon Porter

Near the midpoint of László Krasznahorkai’s novella Chasing Homer, the unnamed narrator makes an assertion that broadly conveys the generative impulse behind the work’s circuitous, monological, and disconcertingly gripping style... read more >

Art REVIEW

Art - Transcending Passages, Maisoon Al Saleh, March 16th - April 6th, 2021

April 03, 2021

Transcending Passages
Maisoon Al Saleh
March 16th - April 6th, 2021
Agora Gallery

Review by Heather Zises

Interdisciplinary Emirati artist Maisoon Al Saleh creates images and objects that serve as diagrams of personal experience, contemporary UAE culture and history. Through painting, drawing, digital prints and sculpture, she uses bold colors and shapes to create abstract images... read more >

Art REVIEW

Art - William Atkinson - Unbound Perspectives, September 26-October 17, 2020

October 20, 2020

Unbound Perspectives
September 26-October 17, 2020

Unbound Perspectives celebrates the countless ways a single subject can be interpreted and appreciated through photography, painting and digital illustration. Using natural and constructed materials, each piece investigates themes of nature and abstraction informed by scale and viewpoint... read more >

BOOK REVIEW

BOOK REVIEWS: POETRY - THE DEATH OF SITTING BEAR BY N. SCOTT MOMADAY

April 15, 2020

FICTION
EIGHT PERFECT MURDERS
BY PETER SWANSON

Review by Gabino Iglesias

Peter Swanson’s Eight Perfect Murders is a smart, fast-paced narrative that pays tribute to mystery novels and whodunits while offering its own version of one... read more >

BOOK REVIEW

BOOK REVIEWS: POETRY - THE DEATH OF SITTING BEAR BY N. SCOTT MOMADAY

April 09, 2020

POETRY
THE DEATH OF SITTING BEAR
BY N. SCOTT MOMADAY

Review by Gabino Iglesias

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet N. Scott Momaday’s The Death of Sitting Bear: New and Selected Poems is a gem of a collection that shows a master writing in various formats about a plethora of topics... read more >

Art REVIEW

Art - East Villager Billy The Artist Climbs Atop Ai Wei Wei's Fence To Shine A Light On It by Gregory de la Haba

November 20, 2019

East Villager Billy The Artist Climbs Atop Ai Wei Wei's Fence To Shine A Light On It

A review by Gregory de la Haba

The amplitude and potency of art are in its power to inspire and—as the Public Art Fund in NYC does each season staging ambitious, free art exhibitions throughout the city's urban sprawl—to surprise and delight, as well. read more >