Review by Maryam Qureshi “Unparalleled” by Don Smith is a science fiction with elements of thriller and mystery associated directly to a logical world. Stuart Milton is the man who lost his connection with the world he belonged to and… Read More ›
BOOK REVIEW
“Illusion of Worlds: A daring quest for a life changing treasure” by Daniel Pietrzak
Review by Maryam Qureshi “Illusion of Worlds: A daring quest for a life changing treasure” by Daniel Pietrzak is a very interesting and well written story of a man named Deon who has a passion and desire for a world of… Read More ›
R. Bremner’s Ektomorphic
Review by Richard Paul R. Bremner’s Ektomorphic, a chapbook of 23 ekphrastic poems, takes us from a brutal civil war to a sculpture garden, to sun showers, Edward Hopper, and Hieronymus Bosch. The forms range from formal to Surrealistic to… Read More ›
Nikita Parik’s ‘Diacritics of Desire’
Book Review by Gopal Lahiri Painting WordlightPoetry is one of the most powerful instruments for our survival and represents itself as a complete little universe where language is all important, charging with emotion and intelligence. ‘Diacritics of Desires’. the debut… Read More ›
Review of David Estringel’s Indelible Fingerprints
Reviewed by Maryam Qureshi, Adviser & Columnist at The Elixir Magazine Title: Indelible Fingerprints Author: David Estringel Published by Alien Buddha Press, April 2019. ISBN: 978-1091941311 Page: 111 Price: $10.36 (USD) Indelible Fingerprints by David Estringel is an incredible work of poetry (free-verse and haiku) and short stories. The book contains all the scenes, wordy sounds, and images that could grasp a reader’s attention… Read More ›
Rituals By Kiriti Sengupta
Review by David A. Estringel, Poetry Editor at Fishbowl Press Kiriti Sengupta’s Rituals offers an intriguing glimpse into the concept of ‘ritual’; however, one cannot help but feel as they flip the pages that there is deeper meaning to be… Read More ›
Redacted: A Review of Michael Prihoda’s Out of the Sky Poetry Collection
Review by Madeleine Corley I have been a fan of redacted poetry since I rediscovered the craft three years ago. In fact, erasure is what led me to feel thatI could branch my skillset into different types of poetry. Erasure… Read More ›
Two Full Moons by Vinita Agrawal
Book Review by Gopal Lahiri Flow Within Vinita Agarwal’s latest collection of poems titled ‘Two Full Moons’ is a journey in search of self-exploration and looking for real answers. The contents and forms are so fitting for a world in… Read More ›
Red snow by will deans
Review by Tabitha Potts I’m a sucker for crime stories set in wintry landscapes, and have snowplowed my way through so many Scandi noir crime tales that I sometimes fear I will run out of new ones to read. I… Read More ›
Living Inside by Gopal Lahiri
Review by Amit Shankar Saha Cleanth Brooks in his influential essay “The Language of Paradox” states that the language of poetry is the language of paradox because in poetry there is always a play of tension between what is being… Read More ›
