Book*hug | 2018 | 108 Page | $18.00 | Purchase online Reviewed by Jennifer Zilm Reviewing the Shortlist is a weekly series in which poets shortlisted for our 2019 Book Awards review books written by their peers. Join us for this series until the award winners are announced on June 8, 2019! In this week’s installment,…

House of Anansi Press | 2018 | 72 Page | $19.95 | Purchase online Reviewed by Jim Nason Reviewing the Shortlist is a weekly series in which poets shortlisted for our 2019 Book Awards review books written by their peers. Join us for this series until the award winners are announced on June 8, 2019! In…

Shanti Arts | 2019 | 110 Page | $15.95 | Purchase online Review by Janet Vickers, author of Infinite Power (Ekstasis Editions, 2016) “Outside of truth there is no poetry” Uejima Onitsura” This quote, by Onitsura, is one that Naomi Beth Wakan uses to begin her introduction to haiku-writing and haiku-reading in her latest book, The…