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Review of Horoscopes for the Dead by Billy Collins
Posted on March 8, 2012 | No CommentsHoroscopes for the Dead by Billy Collins Random House (2011) $24 (hardback) Reviewed by James Crews Billy Collins’ ninth collection of poetry pokes and prods the idea of mortality—the author’s... -
Review of The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands by Nick Flynn
Posted on March 8, 2012 | No CommentsThe Captain Asks for a Show of Hands by Nick Flynn Graywolf Press (2011) $22 Reviewed by James Crews One reads Nick Flynn’s newest book of poems—his first in almost... -
Review of Unseen Hand by Adam Zagajewski
Posted on March 8, 2012 | No CommentsUnseen Hand by Adam Zagajewski (translated by Clare Cavanagh) Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011 $23.00 (hardback Reviewed by James Crews In his latest collection, Unseen Hand, Adam Zagajewski once...