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codalion's review
4.0
I don't know how, when, or why I got a copy of this - well, why do I get a copy of anything. Anyway, I always enjoy the context of poetry magazines and smaller anthologies when I take the time to pick one up - I'm more of a collection-tending reader when I do wander back over to poetry, but occasionally I end up on something else.
I actually really liked most of these, and only one or two actively got on my nerves. My favorites were "Water Strider" by Stephen (Stephanie) Burt; "Companions" by Liam O'Brien; and "Queer how a road juts in." by Joss Barton. I liked several others, but to name more would be ungraciously telling as to which I did not, and I feel weird doing that about very-small-press work where people are not merely likely but inevitable to see these reviews on these sites. Well, I feel weird about it today, anyway. Lady Madonna has filled me with temporary grace and I'm sure I will return to being a bitch on the next occasion. I like this magazine. I like its stated mission. I hope we come to a time when we are not all autodidacts gathering bitter pieces and holding them up to the light uncertainly to see if they're history.
I actually really liked most of these, and only one or two actively got on my nerves. My favorites were "Water Strider" by Stephen (Stephanie) Burt; "Companions" by Liam O'Brien; and "Queer how a road juts in." by Joss Barton. I liked several others, but to name more would be ungraciously telling as to which I did not, and I feel weird doing that about very-small-press work where people are not merely likely but inevitable to see these reviews on these sites. Well, I feel weird about it today, anyway. Lady Madonna has filled me with temporary grace and I'm sure I will return to being a bitch on the next occasion. I like this magazine. I like its stated mission. I hope we come to a time when we are not all autodidacts gathering bitter pieces and holding them up to the light uncertainly to see if they're history.
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