Sydney Kay interviews Agape author Keisha-Gaye Anderson about her multimedia poetry collection, A Spell for Living, exploring self-awareness, resilience, and making peace with that which cannot be changed. SK: This collection feels like a call to action, or even a handbook for life, drawing from your own experiences and your ancestors’ experiences. These poems have…
You Woke Up in Heaven and You Live There Now but You Will Come Back: A Review of Katie Manning’s 28,065 Nights
In Katie Manning’s 28,065 Nights (River Glass Books, 2020) the speaker tells stories about her grandmother to dive into the joys and sorrows of being human: small details like poor girls using vanilla for perfume or what pieces of us hide in a grandmother’s dresser drawers. Manning’s prose poems spill out confessions, family secrets, and…
Onward
Hello, numinous community! The past year has been a tumultuous one for many of the Agape Editions family. Our tiny staff has experienced illnesses, accidents, hospital stays, dramatic professional and career changes, cross-country relocations, deaths & other family tragedies. We went on a brief hiatus last autumn; now, along with the rest of the planet,…
Madeleine in Church
As the Christian holy days passed, I reflected a great deal on my own desires to believe in the resurrection with steadfast, unquestioning purity. My own waters of faith are easily troubled by the ramblings of my mind and the experiences of my past. In “Madeleine in Church,” a poem by British writer Charlotte Mew…
The Bugs Know How to Find the Light: A Review of Michael Sikkema’s “You’ve Got a Pretty Hellmouth”
Michael Sikkema’s poetry collection You’ve Got a Pretty Hellmouth reminds us the world is never what it seems.
A Book of Questions: Interview with Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie, Author of STRUT
Jessica Walsh spoke with Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie, author of Agape Editions’ latest collection, Strut. See hyperlinks in the interview for clips of Mariahadessa reading her poems! JW: When you look at the book now, what experiences or other influences do you think led to its creation? MET: Rage, loss, sensuality, and the blues were all…
I Contain Multitudes: Tarot, the Self, and the World
This morning, I drew The World. Not really, of course—though the thought of that makes me smile—but through a card pulled from my Tarot deck. As a graduate student whose schedule frequently ricochets from being relatively manageable to overwhelming in a second, I’ve tried to maintain a sense of routine by starting each morning the same…
Selfies with Poetry #4: Devin Devine, Evolve Benton, Dorothea Lasky, Anne Champion, & Bill Moran
Domestic & Fowl by Devin Devine Get a Copy Here Follow the Author Top Picks: “Hera” and “Nancy Drew Hates That I Drink & Most Days, I Do Too” Quote: “The world bloomed on our wedding day like a giant middle finger.” Don’t Take My Word for It: “Hera” and “Thirsty As A House Plant” Why…
Selfies with Poetry #3: Linette Reeman, Emma Bolden, Prairie M. Faul, Shanna Compton, & Amorak Huey
Bloodmuck by Linette Reeman (The Atlas Review – TAR Chapbook Series) Learn More & Purchase Follow the Author Top Picks: “Carrie Buck and I Compare Surgery Scars,” “I, Too,” “Pedigree of Alcoholism in the Author’s Family“ Quote: “a body is just/ a place to put yourself until something / better comes along.” Don’t Take My Word for It…
Selfies with Poetry #2: Jason Bayani, Chelsea Margaret Bodnar, sam sax, Jessie Lynn McMains, & Neil Hilborn
See why Allie Marini recommends Jason Bayani, Chelsea Margaret Bodnar, sam sax, Jesse Lynn McMains, and Neil Hilborn.
Introducing Selfies with Poetry by Allie Marini
#selfieswithpoetry is something of an ars poetica.
The Internet Is a Bad Bandaid: A Review of “mcmxciv” by Nate Logan and JJ Rowan
Nate Logan and JJ Rowan’s chapbook mcmxciv (Shirt Pocket Press, 2018) explores the year 1994, its budding technology, and the void it left.
