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Frank Yerby, Protest, and the Picturesque [by Hollis Robbins]
Every few years a scholar rediscovers Frank Yerby (1916-1991), the black bestselling author whose most famous novels, including The Foxes of Harrow (1946), The Golden Hawk (1948), The Saracen Blade (1952), and Judas, My…
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The Poetry of Bonnie & Clyde [by Heidi Seaborn]
On May 4th, the poems of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow will be auctioned off by Heritage Auctions in Dallas. The notorious gangster couple wrote poems during their two-year crime spree from 1932-1934 that included robbing…
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Jérôme Cassou’s Une Joie Secrète: Paris harlequin, Paris people [by Tracy Danison]
Photo: ©unedanseparjour/unejoiesecrète:courtesyagenceelektonlibre She claimed she was quitting but Nadia Vadori-Gauthier continues her one-minute dances – at this writing, she’s done a bit more than 1500, a full day plus an hour – since she…
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A Delicious Deciduous Debut [by Heidi Seaborn]
Crowns off to Matty Layne Glasgow for his debut poetry collection, Deciduous Qween being chosen by Richard Blanco for Red Hen Press’ Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award in 2018. This debut collection is a forest…
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A Modern Take on “Marriage” [by Heidi Seaborn]
Are you or have you been in an MFA Poetry program? Are you over 50? Ok, then you’ve read Marianne Moore's “Marriage” and know it is considered one of the most important works not just…
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New Dominion Bookshop, A Poet’s Bookshop (by Nin Andrews)
A little over a year ago, I moved from Poland, Ohio, to Charlottesville, Virginia, and I barely recognize the sleepy university town where I grew up. At times I even feel a little…
