Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Michael Schiavo

William Carlos Williams could rightfully be considered the father of 20th-century -- and certainly contemporary -- American poetry, moreso than his University of Pennsylvania classmate Ezra Pound. He was, along with Pound, one of the leaders of the Imagist movement in the early decades of the last century. But by the time Spring and All was published in 1923 (featuring his famous "The Red Wheelbarro... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Michael Schiavo

It's a travelogue of a weekend jaunt; a catalog of the ordinary beauty (and trouble) that surrounds us; and a poetic discourse on contemporary America. Ashbery starts off with his own peculiarly Homeric lists -- e.g. months, businesses, friends & acquaintances, flowers -- and then launches into his sublime observations of the country he loves. Hypnotic, alarming, funny, and fiery, this is perhaps my favori... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Michael Schiavo

Jill Alexander Essbaum writes with the formal precision of an Elizabethan poet but her subject matter leans more toward Marguerite Duras, Anais Nin, or even Annie Sprinkle! Filled with puns, innuendo, and eroticism, these poems aren't for the faint -- but they may make you do just that!