Below is a list of book reviews published in Per Contra since Issue 37. Older work can be found in the archive.
Issue 37 - Nonfiction
Review of Lee Slonimsky’s Bermuda Gold
Issue 38 - Nonfiction
Review of Colette Inez’s The Luba Poems
Review of Lee Slonimsky's Red-Tailed Hawk on Wall Street
Review of Lewis Turco's The Hero Enkidu
Issue 39 - Nonfiction
Joe Beneveto’s Poetry: The Voice of Learning and Experience by Lee Slonimsky
Joe Benevento is a fascinating and original poet, a master of, among several varieties of poetry, the poem that tells a story.
Review of Richard Burgin’s Don’t Think by Miriam Kotzin
Richard Burgin's Don’t Think is a superb book, a remarkable addition to his substantial, impressive oeuvre.
Review of Sarah Kennedy’s The King’s Sisters by Courtney Watson
Richard Burgin's Don’t Think is a superb book, a remarkable addition to his substantial, impressive oeuvre.
Review of Laurel Blossom’s Longevity by Miriam Kotzin
Laurel Blossom’s sixth collection of poetry, Longevity, is a stunner, one of the important long poems of the 21st century.
Poet, Guitarist, Painter: a Review of Elizabeth J. Coleman’s Fifth Generation by Lee Slonimsky
...the author’s spiritual perspective merges with a musical ear and an unerring gift for language to create a highly fulfilling experience for the reader.
Review of Daniel Mark Epstein’s Dawn to Twilight: New and Selected Poems by Miriam Kotzin
The arrival of a volume of new and selected poems by an accomplished poet is a much-anticipated event, as was Daniel Mark Epstein’s Dawn to Twilight, which rewards the reader from the early poems through the most recent, confirming that Epstein is a superb poet and translator.
Review of Carol Lipszyc's The Saviour Shoes and Other Stories by Paul D. Green
Why, one might ask, is there a need for yet another book on the Holocaust? That’s a fair question. Here are two valid responses.
Review of Lee Slonimsky's Pythagore, Amoureux, Pythagoras in Love, Sonnets (translation by Elizabeth J. Coleman) by Licia Hahn
The timeless themes and spare elegance of Slonimsky’s poetry and Coleman’s beautiful translation resonate long after each reading.
Review of Robert Zaller’s Speaking to Power by Miriam Kotzin
Robert Zaller’s Speaking to Power is an impressive collection of superb poetry that evinces the author’s wide-ranging knowledge and indicates a passion for justice.