Jacket 2 reviews Jenny Boully's not merely...

Amy Wright reviews Jenny Boully's not merely because of the unknown that was stalking towards them (Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2011) at Jacket 2, for which we are grateful. Not only does Wright locate not merely within Barrie, but manages to bring Byron into the mix, which is always a good idea.

Says Wright: "not merely contributes so rich a reading to Barrie’s text it should be assigned as a prep course for adolescents loosing the anemones inside their chests and a refresher course for fortysomethings who have forgotten the point."

Indeed. Read the full, awesome review here.

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Sarah Goldstein's Fables reviewed at Specter Magazine

Brian Oliu reviews Sarah Goldstein's Fables (Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2011) at Specter Magazine, and we are grateful.

Oliu calls Fables a "gorgeous intertwining of allegorical stories presented in tiny fragments, dare I say breadcrumbs!, that display a horrifying yet beautiful world where mayors keep bones in boxes and ghosts enter through the beaks of birds," but Oliu also notes "The language is reassuring, declarative:  that we trust in whomever is telling us these fables, that the world that exists is a world that exists—that what happens here happens, that it will not disappear when someone wakes."

Good stuff. Read the full review here.

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