Paulann Petersen

Say This Prayer into the Past

Arts & Literature

“Whatever Willis touches on these pages quickens under his wry, wise gaze, and becomes vividly 'green with life.' In both open and fixed forms, he follows his own dictate 'to make sure of the meanings of words, then to invest them with holiness.' His poems are a most welcome and needed gift--a balm he offers to 'this beautiful, suffering world.'”

Sweet Gothic

Arts & Literature

“In Sweet Gothic, Colette Tennant gives us a rich, deeply imagined primer to study, to savor. A number of these poems are about her students, and who wouldn’t want to be her student, listening as this collection teaches ‘metaphors for hunger,’ and ‘synonyms for want’? Full of startling leaps, intriguing allusions, and resonant tropes, these poems offer nothing less than the marvels of both wonderment and wondering.”