The title of Danielle Deveraux’s book The Chrome Chair comes from a quote the poet heard at the Newfoundland and Labrador Historical Society Symposium in 2003:
“We were promised a seat at the table of nations: what we got was a chrome chair” (5).
Eva Kolacz is no stranger to poetry where sensuality is freely and unashamedly expressed.
From the very first glance, the book captivates readers with its gorgeous, evocative cover, an image that feels like a visual invitation into the vivid and deeply intimate world within.
Below, we’ve put together a list of Palestinian books reviewed on TMR. What are you reading this week?
With Reviews of books by Rebecca Salazar, Jake Byrne, and Margo LaPierre.
Excerpted with permission from Wolsak & Wynn. Icars crash. Omagh. Wrists are slapped. Omaha. Nothing happens not willed in a haptic universe. Were you to decode our red-herring DNA – escape accumulated rubbish of omnibus Sandman, Gandalf & Saruman, Verses by Salman, Siamese Dream on vinyl, cassette & double-CD, the animal pets, our unarticulated selves …
Sumaiya Matin: I’m delighted to be in conversation with you about your latest poetry chapbook titled What If Maybe and Other Poems, edited by Puneet Dutt and published by Baseline Press. This collection of nine poems, some previously published in literary magazines such as The Fiddlehead, The Humber Literary Review, The Temz Review, Queen’s Quarterly, …
The language and structure of the poems are controlled with clarity, precision, and word economy.
Alexander Hollenberg has gifted us with an accomplished debut which, as it entertains, mystifies and inspires […]
[…]as we find our way through grief and loss, this book encourages us all to take heart.
There’s a haiku quality to her observations, and symmetry of sound, with profound weight.
Having returned to the literary scene with her third poetry collection, procession, vermette welcomes readers into the intricacy of genealogy, of honouring one’s ancestors and future kin while navigating one’s identity—both spiritually and through art.
With reviews of books by Jordan Williamson, Victoria Mbabazi, and Manahil Bandukwala & Conyer Clayton
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