May 14, 2020
Jack B. Bedell is one of those poets I recommend to friends who are looking for a stepping stone to more poetry—his work is accessible, rewarding, and steeped in keen observation for the outside world, as well as the inner workings of what makes us human.
February 10, 2020
I still get emotional when I remember that day, but through hard, diligent work in counseling, I am getting better and I am getting prouder of the person I am today and less ashamed of the boy I was. But wrapped with shame is the fear I forementioned and wrapped with fear is love. I use the word wrapped very purposely here—they are like blankets I use to keep myself warm, even though they can also smother.
August 17, 2019
Aaron Coleman, author of Threat Come Close (Four Way Books, 2018), and Alison C. Rollins, author of Library of Small Catastrophes (Copper Canyon Press, 2019) have created words that, as Toi Derricotte wrote, carry the unfinished business of the past forward and, as a result, provided indelible and undeniable insight into the galaxies they possess within themselves.