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Tolsun Books

A Review of Bougainvillea by Elizabeth Quiñones-Zaldaña

September 23, 2019

Bruce Isaacson

(Tolleson, AZ: Tolsun Books, 2019) In her collection of unusually powerful utterances, Elizabeth Quiñones-Zaldaña, with only her first book, has done more for my hopes for religious feeling — a poetry of faith — than any other modern poet. The … Continued

A Review of Nobody Is Ever Missing by Cody Wilson

May 27, 2019

Timothy Lindner

(Tollesun, AZ: Tolsun Books, 2018) Sometimes I think about past versions of myself — the rebellious teenager, the closeted college student, the child — and wonder if I have changed at all. In spite of the daily dramas, do my … Continued

An Interview with Brittany Hailer, Author of Animal You’ll Surely Become

January 21, 2019

Lisa Grgas

Lisa Grgas: Congratulations on the publication of your first book, Animal You’ll Surely Become! How are you feeling now that it’s out in the world? Brittany Hailer: Thank you! This experience has been very surreal. I still can’t believe my … Continued

An Interview with Jennifer Battisti, Author of Echo Bay

August 27, 2018

Andrew Romanelli

Andrew Romanelli: Echo Bay defies simple categorization because of the many perspectives it provides. We peruse casino walls filled with polaroids of folks who have been 86’s witness, a suburban marriage dissolve as a U-Haul “swallows the evidence,” and cruise … Continued

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