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Fairleigh Dickinson University

Jake Bauer

A Review of Monograph by Simeon Berry

May 2, 2016

Jake Bauer

(Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2015) Simeon Berry’s Monograph—“a treatise or detailed study of one relatively narrow topic”—focuses on the failed marriage of the speaker and his ex-wife, N.  Berry’s writing is hard to categorize; as the epigraph suggests, … Continued

A Review of Crow-Work by Eric Pankey

April 2, 2015

Jake Bauer

(Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Editions, 2015) At some point while reading Eric Pankey’s Crow-Work, I set the book down and Google’d “Who invented time?” I am embarrassed to admit it. A foolish question, I know, and not one that I expected … Continued

A Review of Your Moon by Ralph Angel

October 2, 2014

Jake Bauer

(Kalamazoo, MI: New Issues Poetry & Prose, 2014) Imagine lying under the covers in the chilling winter dusk, feeling blissful in the comfort, yet, perhaps also finding it disconcerting to think of the freezing temperatures outside and how cold wreaks … Continued

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