Posts Tagged Prose Poems

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September 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Rivka Galchen: Little Labors

Little Labors Rivka Galchen New Directions Rivka Galchen has won awards and acclaim for her novel and short-story collections as well as for witty, wordy and worldly magazine pieces. Here she examines – in pithy asides as much as anything – the world of the mother who writes; who wishes to write and would sometimes […]

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April 24, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Sarah Jane Barnett: A Man Runs Into A Woman

A Man Runs Into A Woman Sarah Jane Barnett Hue & Cry Press Sarah Jane Barnett’s collection of poems and prose poems had me stunned. We begin with voyeurism – the illogical extreme of observation; we’re plunged into situations that are almost uncomfortable. But the writing is cool and calm, so we trust where we’re […]