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Category: Poetry

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diatomhero: religious poems, by Lisa A. Flowers

March 18, 2013 driftlessareareview

“diatomhero: religious poems” by Lisa A. Flowers is only a little over fifty pages long, making it look and feel like a high quality magazine, some lost pagan relic turned afterlife samizdat. Continue reading diatomhero: religious poems, by Lisa A. Flowers

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CCLaP Fridays: Mania! by Ronald K.L. Collins and David M. Skover

February 15, 2013August 24, 2020 driftlessareareview

This week at CCLaP I review Mania! by Ronald KL Collins and David M. Skover, which looks at the history of the Beat Generation through the lens of free speech. Continue reading CCLaP Fridays: Mania! by Ronald K.L. Collins and David M. Skover

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Democracy is not for the People, by Josef Kaplan @thethepoetryblog

November 1, 2012May 24, 2025 driftlessareareview

Are Michael Bay’s Transformers movies and the trend of using drones for assassination part of the same moral sickness? Continue reading Democracy is not for the People, by Josef Kaplan @thethepoetryblog

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Critical Appraisals: A Spy in the Ruins, by Christopher Bernard

October 2, 2012 driftlessareareview

A Spy in the Ruins by Christopher Bernard constructs a postapocalyptic anti-narrative replete with verbal richness, political aggression, and erotic tenderness. Continue reading Critical Appraisals: A Spy in the Ruins, by Christopher Bernard

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An essay on a Jack Gilbert poem @ thethepoetryblog

September 17, 2012 driftlessareareview

My essay on a Jack Gilbert poem is over on thethepoetryblog. Click the link to go to the essay. Continue reading An essay on a Jack Gilbert poem @ thethepoetryblog

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