Reviews | March 01, 2008
A Review of Seven First Poetry Books
Chad Parmenter
Featuring reviews of:
Barter by Monica Youn
My Soviet Union by Michael Dumanis
Floating City by Anne Pierson Wiese
Standing in Line for the Beast by Jason Bredle
Sister by Nickole Brown
The Man Suit by Zachary Schomburg
Frail-Craft by Jessica Fisher.
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