LET THE DEAD IN Receives Glowing Review in Lightwood Press #10
"Agostini’s socially and spiritually aware poetry collection 'Let the Dead In' focuses on the duality between love and hate along with the way that these concepts integrate and clash"
Poet Robyn Hager reviews Saida Agostini's daring first collection let the dead in in the 10th edition of Lightwood. In her review, Hager praises Agostini's social and spiritual awareness as she contends with the violence and oppression facing black people in the United States. Below, read a small excerpt. Read the entire review in Lightwood's new issue here. Order let the dead in here.
Agostini successfully juxtaposes stark images from her life with deeply entrancing metaphors, and most poignantly in her poem "what love is" she compares the images of turmoil she witnesses between her parents with a dead buck on the side of the road whose
flesh ripped/exposing a dark black machine/so soft, stinking and fragile that years/later you’ll remember the risk of loving/something that wild
The author’s ability to display these powerful, and sometimes gruesome, epithets about life shines through in the entirety of her collection.
New Poems by Rose Solari and Reuben Jackson Appear in Fledgling Rag #20
Several new poems by Rose Solari and Reuben Jackson are set to appear in the 20th annual issue of Iris G. Press’ Fledgling Rag. Here’s how to order.
James J. Patterson Talks “The American Epic Novel” on Episode 6 of LFTRR
Author James J. Patterson discusses the American epic novel using Moby Dick and his own epic, Roughnecks, as models.
On RR #6, Rose Discusses Mystery and Murder
On the sixth episode of Rose Reads, poet Rose Solari discusses Mystery, Murder, and Crime books. Including a reading from her own upcoming Mystery novel.