Monthly Archives: June 2023

I really enjoyed spending time with (and writing some thoughts about) three recent poetry collections–Denton Loving’s Tamp, Evie Shockley’s suddenly we, and Susan O’Dell Underwood’s Splinter. Each of these collections finds a memorable, vibrant language for collisions between the past … Continue reading →

Dream Assignment Alert! As part of Humanities Tennessee’s 50 Books/HT50 Project, I had the chance to take a fresh look at Richard Powers’ masterwork of ecological fiction, The Overstory. This piece, up today at Chapter 16, became an encounter with … Continue reading →