News & Notes - Tarpaulin Sky Magazine

News & Notes | Tarpaulin Sky Magazine

Emily Carr’s “name your bird without a gun” reviewed by M. Forajter

"This doubling imbues a deeper mysticism in the poems themselves, each one lending themselves as a new portrait of the tarot. You could create a new deck from Carr’s words." - M. Forajter

What I’m Reading Now… by Lauren Haldeman

Lauren Haldeman discusses books by Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Curtis Sittenfeld, Natalie Diaz, and Tara Brach.

What I’m Reading Now… by Rone Shavers

Rone Shavers discusses books by Natasha Marin, Krista Franklin, Kenning Jean-Paul Garcia, and Sheree Renée Thomas.

What I’m Reading Now… by Nicole Yurcaba

Nicole Yurcaba discusses books by Andrew Lam, Rodrigo Marquez Tizano, Star Black, Christopher Isherwood, and Ihor Pavlyuk.

What I’m Reading Now… by Jennifer Nelson

Jennifer Nelson discusses books by Carmen Bambach, Tamsyn Muir, Jennif(f)er Tamayo, Christopher S. Wood, and Tung-Hui Hu.

Miggy Angel’s “Boy, Bestiary” reviewed by Samuel Strathman

"Angel is a precise surgeon taking a scalpel to language with his brilliant scapular word-play" - Samuel Strathman

What I’m Reading Now… by Celia Bland

Celia Bland discusses books by Donika Kelly, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Anniky Brodokov, and Alejandra Pizarnik.

Kim Vodicka’s “The Elvis Machine” reviewed by Charlene Elsby

"A poetry collection like none I’ve ever read, Kim Vodicka’s The Elvis Machine has a powerful emotive force. It has a rhythm that make you want to read out loud. It’s a poetry collection to dance to. But what sticks with me, most of all, is its demand." - Charlene Elsby