Review: Another Open Door by Ann Elizabeth Carson

Reviewed by Donna Langevin Another Open DoorAeolus House, 202364 pages, $20.00ISBN: 978-1-987872-56-9 Another Open Door is an inspiring melange of poetry, prose, music and artwork. As if to say, “Please enter without knocking,” the cover photo features Ann’s clay sculpture that suggests a listening ear or a shell’s portal. In each of the book’s three…

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Review: Titch by Kate Marshall Flaherty

Reviewed by Elana Wolff Titch by Kate Marshall Flaherty Piquant Press, 2023 144 pages, $20.00 ISBN: 9781927396285 The poems in Kate Marshall Flaherty’s sixth collection, Titch, abide between sacred light and enduring beauty—scarred, whole and restored. These are poems that face the world—its natural wonders and human challenges, with strength and reverence; that openly welcome…

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Standing on Shimmer: a review of Circle Tour by Eva Tihanyi

Reviewed by Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews Circle Tour by Eva Tihanyi Inanna Publications, 2023128 Pages, $18.85Trade Paperback ISBN:9781771338936 They say an image is worth a thousand words: passion, the heart, a woman’s life journey, her gift of words, endurance and her resolve against life’s decohering forces: the cover art of Eva Tihanyi’s poetry collection Circle Tour,…

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Review: Orion Sweeping by Anne Marie Todkill

Reviewed by Pearl Pirie Orion Sweeping by Anne Marie Todkill (Brick Books)8.75 x 5.75 Inches | 88 PagesPublication Date: April 1, 2022Trade Paperback ISBN:9781771315692 Orion Sweeping by Anne Marie Todkill has a cover of a pen and ink fox and moon by Arthur Balitskiy I’d consider framing. Divided into four self-explanatory sections: “Earth”, “Air”, “Familia”,…

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