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University of Pittsburgh Press

A Review of Spirit Boxing by Afaa Michael Weaver

August 28, 2017

Alex Crowley

(Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017) Afaa Michael Weaver reaffirms the value and necessity of a worker’s poetics in his latest collection, Spirit Boxing. Here, work is not celebrated for its own sake (as Americans are wont to do) … Continued

A Review of Eternity & Oranges by Christopher Bakken

May 30, 2016

F. Daniel Rzicznek

(Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016) At its absolute worst, “travel writing” (including poetry) can come off as the uninspired musings of the self-indulgent, in the way that touristy family photos really only matter to you if the subject … Continued

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