Not every poem here is a “nature poem,” but all acknowledge that we are in and of nature, not separate from it. The most basic test of an anthology is whether I want to read more work by the writers in it. For this anthology, the answer is loudly yes. (Including the authors I’ve already read.) I have a favorite poem in this book, but I’m not telling you what it is. The next time I read the book—and there will be a next time—I’ll probably find a different favorite poem. Kudos to Limón for, among other things, curating an anthology and not including her own work.
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caracabe reviewed You Are Here by Ada Limón
Published association with the Library of Congress and edited by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate of …
Review of You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World
caracabe finished reading You Are Here by Ada Limón
You Are Here by Ada Limón
Published association with the Library of Congress and edited by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate of the United States, a singular …
caracabe wants to read In the Black: In the Red by Gloria Vando
In the Black: In the Red: Poems of Profit $ Loss (2025) is an illustrated …
I have a poem in here. Just got my contributor’s copy.
caracabe started reading The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe
The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe, Yohanca Delgado, Eve L. Ewing
In The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer, singer-songwriter, actor, fashion icon, activist, and worldwide superstar Janelle Monáe …
caracabe reviewed Queer Little Nightmares by David Ly
This is what small presses are for!
Queer Little Nightmares is a collection of stories and poems for the monsters in all of us (especially the queer ones). Diverse in style and content, these works are deliciously weird and grounded in emotional truth. Standouts for me include the stories "The Vetala's Song" by Anuja Varghese and "Strange Case" by Eddy Boudel Tan, and the poems "Godzilla, Silhouette Against City" by Ryan Dzelzkalns and "Cryptid Cruising" by Avra Margariti. But they're all worth reading.
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caracabe reviewed Horror a Literary History by X. Reyes
Interesting overview of the last few centuries of horror literature
A collection of essays surveying the horror genre in English and American literature from the 18th century to today. Sometimes the style is over-academic, but the content is interesting throughout. Every chapter ends with a list of references and a “What to Read Next” section, making it a useful book to keep on hand.
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caracabe reviewed If on a winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino
If on a winter's night a traveler (Italian: Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore) is …
An intellectual romp
Calvino wrote works with more emotional weight, but this book is a cerebral delight for bookworms. It’s about someone trying to read a novel, specifically Italo Calvino’s If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler.
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If on a winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino
If on a winter's night a traveler (Italian: Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore) is a 1979 novel by the …
caracabe commented on Horror a Literary History by X. Reyes
I’m about 1/3 of the way through this collection of essays. So far, the quality varies. Some of the authors are too academic for my taste, wandering into irrelevant minutiae and believing that a sentence with two independent and five subordinate clauses makes a banger ending for a subsection. Others write with unpretentious verve. But even the professorial pieces have fascinating passages.