Reviews

Among the Leaves: Queer Male Poets on the Midwestern Experience by Jack Fritscher, Christopher Leland, Michael Kiesow Moore, George Klawitter, Stephen S. Mills, Timothy Murphy, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodrhan, Malcolm Stuhlmiller, James Schwartz, Gregg Shapiro, Walter Beck, John Medeiros, William Reichard, Scott Wiggerman, Brent Goodman, Raymond Luczak, James Cihlar, Jim Stewart, Whittier Strong

wcsheffer's review

3.0

I enjoyed Luczak's collection of thoughtful and deeply personal poetry from queer Midwestern men. I found that it did not fully compare to the depth of the poetry collected in it's companion piece "When We Become Weavers..." which featured a more diverse collection of authors in terms of gender, race, and socioeconomic class. I enjoy both of these collections because they walk such a line of refined and gorgeous poems and some a little rougher around the edges. There were a couple of poems that had a deep impact on me but I also thought to myself that I was reading the same poem every 5 pages or so. Excited to learn more about some of these authors. This volume is a great diving point to get into more local poetry!