“To hold this book, with its odes to the corners of drug houses, its sweet wolves, and its towns skipped over by sameness, is to return the clay its handmade hope. And to realize, that to be correctly dead, one must have belongings.”

Barton Smock of Isacoustic

g emil reutter has written a new review of A Fire Without Light for North of Oxford.

“Emily As the Morning Stalls” has been accepted for publication by Rivet.

“[not every dark outline is shore]” and “[near your eyebrow]” have both been accepted for publication by riverbabble.

“Emily As the Harbor Knows” has been accepted for publication by Whistling Shade.

“Emily As A Wing Beat” has been accepted for publication by KYSO Flash.

“Emily As the Eyes of the Coast” has been accepted for publication by GloryMag.

“Emily As I’m Fine” has been accepted for publication by Futures Trading.

Michael Rush of Forage Poetry has posted a new review of A Fire Without Light.

“There is a raw honesty about this collection which acknowledges shortcomings, whether personal, local or national, and in the face of someone like Trump, who knows only soundbites irrespective of the truth, I’ll take honesty any day. Maybe it’s all we have left with which to arm ourselves.”

You can read the whole review here.

“Emily As We Scare the Birds”, “Emily As I Play the Song Hallelujah Backwards”, and “Emily As a Tuning Fork” have all been accepted for publication by Furious Gazelle.