by Emily Shearer | Jan 25, 2016 | Staff Picks
Reviewed by Emily Shearer, Poetry Editor We are proud to announce the release of a new chapbook by Minerva Rising poet Jennifer Collins, whose work was featured in Issue #3. Oil Slick Dreams is now available from Finishing Line Press at...
by Lindsey Grudnicki | Jul 27, 2015 | Staff Picks
Reviewed by Lindsey Grudnicki “When Riley’s brother, Desmond, asked, ‘Why did Riley die?’ I wrote a poem.” – Chanel Brenner It is not every day that I read a collection of poems that lays bare to me the writer’s soul. It is not every day that I read a...
by Lindsey Grudnicki | May 20, 2015 | Staff Picks
A Review by Lindsey and Emily, Editors of Minerva Rising Through her twenty-one poems that reticulate like stepping stones on a snaky garden path, Shannon Elizabeth Hardwick guides her readers through one woman’s version of Gethsemane. Amid vivid images of lush...
by Lindsey Grudnicki | Apr 1, 2015 | Staff Blog, Staff Picks
Review by Lindsey Grudnicki For the reader, it’s “the vulnerability of letting a story inside” (“Diving In”). For the writer, it’s the vulnerability of letting a story out, of putting your mind and heart and body on the page for a stranger’s eyes. In her debut essay...
by Lindsey Grudnicki | May 22, 2014 | Blog, Staff Picks
By Lindsey Grudnicki I’m truly excited to share this month’s featured journal with you. After a crazy spring – new job, busy days, little time for literary pursuits, etc. – reading Quaint Magazine brought the reader/writer/editor in me back to the forefront. The works...
by Lindsey Grudnicki | Mar 12, 2014 | Blog, Staff Picks
Reviewed by Lindsey Grudnicki In her memoir Summoning the Mountains, Amy Allen takes the reader by the hand, throws a pack onto her shoulders, and brings her along for quite a journey. Determined to fulfill her dream of hiking the entirety of the Appalachian...
