BOOKS
The Crow’s Vow, by Susan Briscoe, Signal Editions, Véhicule Press
by Brian Campbell
16.08.2010
Susan Briscoe’s poetry is one of telling details, subtle hints and indications. The Crow’s Vow, her first collection, follows the slow breakup of a marriage as it is reflected in the passage of the seasons around the couple’s cabin in the woods. What most readers in our story-based culture would expect to make up the [...]
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BOOKS
Wanton, by Angela Hibbs, Insomniac Press
by Brian Campbell
22.05.2010
Angela Hibbs’ poetry is one of leaping semblances, wry cleverness, and urgent, dark confessions. Wanton, her second book, is actually two lengthy chapbooks sewn together: the first, a pastiche of dark, edgy poems mostly concerning an ill-fated love or oppressive father, the second, a long series of linked verses concerning unseemly goings-on in an imaginary [...]
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