Another catch up review from January! Strange Nests is the latest blackout poetry book from Jessica McHugh. I loved McHugh's blackout poetry collectioAnother catch up review from January! Strange Nests is the latest blackout poetry book from Jessica McHugh. I loved McHugh's blackout poetry collection A Complex Accident of Life which used pages from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein so I was thrilled to read Strange Nests. Strange Nests uses pages from Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden.
I'm so inspired by Jessica McHugh's blackout poetry. I look forward to reading more.
I have fallen upon a few plague novels over the course of the pandemic. It's very surreal to read about plagues, pandemics, the history of harsh and fI have fallen upon a few plague novels over the course of the pandemic. It's very surreal to read about plagues, pandemics, the history of harsh and fatal diseases while living through a pandemic. It definitely heightens the works that I have been reading lately!
The poems in Cradleland of Parasites center around The Black Plague. Wow, these poems were dark and brutal and beautiful. Some of my favorites were Second Pandemic, Moral Decay, Death Knell, and An Advanced Society.
Cradleland of Parasites was my first poetry collection by Sara Tantlinger. I read and loved her novella To Be Devoured which definitely had a poetic quality to it. I look forward to checking out more from her in the future!
If you've been following my updates for a while, you know I enjoy reading poetry. I especially love reading horror poetry so I was really excited to cIf you've been following my updates for a while, you know I enjoy reading poetry. I especially love reading horror poetry so I was really excited to check out Stephanie Wytovich's latest collection The Apocalyptic Mannequin. Several of the Ladies of Horror Fiction team members had already read and loved it so I had high expectations going into it.
Wow, was this collection timely! I have no idea why I wasn't expecting a book called "The Apocalyptic Mannequin" to be so apocalyptic. It hit me hard in the pandemic feels! I'm pretty sure I've been avoiding the topic of outbreaks and plagues in my entertainment so I'm glad I didn't realize what I was getting myself into when I picked it up. It turned out to be perfect timing, and I loved it!
At roughly 100 poems, there are a lot of flavors of the apocalypse to be had, and they are all terrifying.
One of the most important things I look for in poetry is being able to understand it in a way that I can relate to. I've read a lot of poetry that has left me scratching my head, but Wytovich's poetry is very accessible. There is a reason Stephanie Wytovich is so well loved in the horror community. Her writing is beautiful and it's brutal.
If you are looking for a recommendation on where to start reading poetry or are simply looking for another great collection to pick up, The Apocalyptic Mannequin is on my recommendations list. It's a travesty that I've put off reading Wytovich's poetry collections until now. Since finishing The Apocalyptic Mannequin, I've added four more of her collections to my shelf. I plan to lose myself in each of them over the next few months so stay tuned for my thoughts on those as well....more
I didn't know what a lot of these poems meant so I was just a spectator for this one. I didn't know what a lot of these poems meant so I was just a spectator for this one. ...more
If you've been on the fence at all about trying horror poetry, Choking Back the Devil is a great place to start.
This was my first time to read Donna LIf you've been on the fence at all about trying horror poetry, Choking Back the Devil is a great place to start.
This was my first time to read Donna Lynch, and it definitely won't be my last. I loved the poems in this collection, and I highly recommend Choking Back the Devil as a collection to try....more
I recently subscribed to Poetry Magazine. Eleven times a year I will receive a book sized collection of poetry.
The current volume (July/August) showcaI recently subscribed to Poetry Magazine. Eleven times a year I will receive a book sized collection of poetry.
The current volume (July/August) showcases Global Indian English poetry, and I absolutely loved it. The voices and the themes were so varied, and they were amazing.
"The poets included herein represent neither cohesion nor diversity, in fact there is nothing represented in these pages except exemplary poems from people with complicated relationships to the words global, Indian, and English either in combination or separately."
I'm looking forward to reading many more volumes of Poetry Magazine in the future....more
I enjoyed the mix of English and Spanish, but it wasn't my personal flavor of poetry.I enjoyed the mix of English and Spanish, but it wasn't my personal flavor of poetry....more
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