In Moods Both Wild and Quiet
Strange Gods of the Prairie edited by Jason Ryberg and John Dorsey. Spartan Press, 2021. Paperback, 250 pages, $15. Reviewed by Christopher Landrum Strange Gods of the Prairie is an anthology by the Gasconade Review of Bell, Missouri, comprising 150 poetic works...
Robert Lowell’s Selfish Determination
The Dolphin (Two Versions, 1972–1973) by Robert Lowell, edited by Saskia Hamilton. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019, Paperback, ix + 195 pages, $18. The Dolphin Letters, 1970–1979: Elizabeth Hardwick, Robert Lowell, and Their Circle edited by Saskia Hamilton. Farrar,...
Ordinary Time
The Mystery of It All: The Vocation of Poetry in the Twilight of Modernity by Paul Mariani Paraclete Press, 2019 Paperback, 240 pages, $25 Review by Daniel James Sundahl There’s a moment in ordinary time when Dr. William Carlos Williams writes of passing a young...
The Clandestine Poet
In Code: Poems. by Maryann Corbett. Able Muse Press, 2020. Paperback, 92 pages, $20. Reviewed by Alfred Nicol Maryann Corbett spent thirty-five years working for the Minnesota Legislature in the Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Here is how she describes the...
Happy Constitution Day! This week the Bookman celebrated the 50th anniversary of the publication of Russell Kirk's The Roots of American Order with a symposium on the book. The essays include reflections on our written and unwritten constitution. (1/3) https://kirkcenter.org/reviews/kirks-constitution-from-the-roots-to-the-end-of-american-order/
Who are the women quietly defying the birth dearth? Join the Book Gallery on 9/23 with @ubookman editor @lsheahan and @CRPakaluk discussing her latest book, "Hannah's Children" to find out more. Registration is open here: