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Author Archives: Michael Quinn

Review: Ghost Hour by Laura Cronk

April 12, 2021

Michael Quinn

(New York: Persea Books, 2020)   By middle-age, youth is a private letter tucked inside an envelope. No matter what emotions it stirs by looking back over it, the very fact of its presence makes one thing clear: We each … Continued

Review: Girls Like Us by Elizabeth Hazen

June 15, 2020

Michael Quinn

(Bethesda, MD: Alan Squire Publishing, 2020) Poet Elizabeth Hazen writes that she “came of age…in the pre-Internet, grunge-tinted 1990s” and that influence is deeply felt in Girls Like Us, her excellent second collection. With neatness and restraint, these poems convey … Continued

Review: Flourish by Dora Malech

March 23, 2020

Michael Quinn

(Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2020) Flourish, Dora Malech’s fourth collection of poetry, is divided into four sections, each introduced by a line of poetry by four different poets (Rita Dove, Saeed Jones, Carolyn Kizer, and Kay Ryan) that … Continued

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