A novel in verse could potentially get tedious, but Golden Gloves flows evenly. Another potential problem is that it could seem childlike, as rhyming verse is most commonly associated with children’s books. Because of the themes present, and the cadence of the prose, neither of these issues is an […]
An urban, city feel smears soily atmosphere onto everyday Bukowski-like scenery, while Mirarchi’s dry wit, no doubt the “shards” of the book title, split hairs in ordinary situations. However, there’s a touch of more spiritual and magical sight here too, with shimmers of beauty and some kind of anchoring to existence disturbing the banal streams of life.
Even the Contents page of this […]
The book contains forty-nine poems of a contemporary American style with a little of the Georgia vibe of Judson Mitcham or Natasha […]
A living thing I am–a flower of
God’s earth. I see His flowers in the field;
The God that fashioned them created me.
Haight’s poems are reminiscent of the work of Louise Bogan and invoke the spirit of Hawthorne’s “The Ocean” with their all-encompassing breath of sea air and […]
Tell us something about your book. The basics: what’s it about?
In Shadows is a book of poems, chap book if technical terms suit your fancy. I wrote the book in my early 20’s so there some popular themes there, i.e. struggling with relationships, self-esteem, love, etc., etc.
How did you come to self-publish? Did you try to get published traditionally?
I did not try and find a traditional publisher. While it was a ton of work, I learned a great deal about publishing and it made […]
This is not quite a collection of shorts and not quite a poetry book – more a slice of modern psychology into the lonely hearts of those around us. Set on subways, in homeless shelters, whorehouses, streets, the cloying sense of being alive and flailing in doing so is steeped in these words throughout as we travel […]