Issue 33 | November-December 2014
To Revive the Lyric: Hoa Nguyen
From the technology of printing to the economy of grants and the politics of academia, literary culture exists in complete continuity with the rest of contemporary society. It is susceptible to the same virtues, biases, limitations,…
Paradise on Earth: T. J. Jarrett’s Zion
There is a body at the center of Zion, T. J. Jarrett’s new collection of poems, winner of the 2013 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry open competition. To whom this…
A Ringing Echo: The Poetry of Caitlin Doyle
Caitlin Doyle’s poems are not always what they appear to be, and this subtle shape-shifting quality is exactly what makes them so revelatory. As poet and critic Abriana Jette has…
The Glam and the Gloom: Cynthia Cruz’s Wunderkammer
Cynthia Cruz is in the midst of producing an important body of work. Wunderkammer is as much installation art as it is a book of poems, or it is as…
Sources: Scholastique Mukasonga’s Our Lady of the Nile
In July, I travelled to Accra, Ghana for my sister’s engagement. Walking through my aunt’s one-story house, I searched the rooms for novelty and familiarity. So much had changed. Walls…