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Funny Because It Isn’t: A Review of Chessy Normile’s, “Great Exodus, Great Wall, Great Party”

Jan 1, 2022

Normile, Chessy, Great Exodus, Great Wall, Great Party. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 2020. 86 pages. $15.00 By: Megan Artlett Chessy Normile’s debut collection of poetry is funny. We tend to laugh when something is violated, a social norm or expectation. We...

REFORMING THE SPACE BETWEEN POETRY AND PRAYER: A REVIEW OF DUJIE TAHAT’S CHAPBOOK, SALAT

Dec 17, 2020

by Alli Cruz Tahat, Dujie, Salat. Tupelo Press, 2020. 39pgs $12.95 Dujie Tahat’s chapbook, SALAT, which received the 2020 Sunken Garden Chapbook Award, opens with a calling—“[adhan]”, the Islamic call to prayer. Each poem in the collection begins with '[adhan]' and...