Comments on: Play It Again, Sam: On Poetry Reviewing

By: Christine

Christine — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 03:49:09 +0000

Right on Rigo!

By: Christopher William Purdom

Christopher William Purdom — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:57:10 +0000

I'm added mostly very short poetry book reviews to my personal site and am going to add at least one a month, and hopefully more. http://www.philart.net/chrispurdom/poetrybookreviews.php

By: Scott Hightower

Scott Hightower — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:13:21 +0000

BOXCAR POETRY REVIEW is an interesting on-line review site for FIRST BOOKS.
COLDFRONT MAGAZINE cuts a very wide swath.
BARROW STREET REVIEW has a place at the table for trying to keep a space opened for reviews and reviewers and a conversation about books.
I also follow SMALL SPIRAL NOTEBOOOK on the web and PEBBLE LAKE REVIEW (out of Houston) and BORDERLANDS (out of Austin).
DANIEL BORN does a great job at the COMMON REVIEW.

By: Rigoberto

Rigoberto — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:39:41 +0000

Thanks, everyone, for these helpful suggestions. In terms of choosing to review a poetry book, I have a very simple policy: If I don’t like it, I move on to one that I do, and that I feel needs the audience. Review space is so valuable, I prefer to bring attention to noteworthy books.

By: RK

RK — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:47:41 +0000

I’d like to second the mention of RATTLE…their e-reviews allow for a variety of approaches and styles. I worked with them recently (my first review, actually) and it was a great experience.
Also, JACKET has many good reviews….
Thanks for encouraging folks to try it…

By: Alicia (A. E.)

Alicia (A. E.) — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:27:44 +0000

There’s also Contemporary Poetry Review online–(www.cprw.com)

By: Bernadette Geyer

Bernadette Geyer — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:02:52 +0000

Another fine journal that publishes poetry book reviews online is The Montserrat Review, http://www.themontserratreview.com/bookreviews.html. And a friend of mine turned me on to http://www.GoodReads.com, which is kind of like MySpace for book-lovers.

By: Anthony Buccino

Anthony Buccino — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:25:08 +0000

I bought a chapbook and would have like to write something nice about it, but I didn’t think most of the poems were ready. So rather than discourage the young poet I wrote nothing. Meanwhile, I do read other people work, I do, I do, I do!

By: Miguel Murphy

Miguel Murphy — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:13:45 +0000

Don’t forget 42opus.com and RAINT TAXI online! Two great places to read thoughtful reviews of poetry. . .

By: Jeannine Hall Gailey

Jeannine Hall Gailey — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:19:04 +0000

Thanks for this post!
Two good review sources:
I love New Pages because they do Lit Mag reviews and The Pedestal Magazine reviews books and, often, chapbooks.