In the Introduction to Mark Sanders' "Riddled with Light: Metaphor in the Poetry of W. B. Yeats, "critic and poet Stephen C. Behrendt writes, "Sanders shows us Yeats anew, laboring on his visionary engine to produce a profoundly metaphoric poetry and a poetics that enfranchises and empowers his audience by making that audience both a respondent and, more important, an active co-creator whose role in both the making and the performing of Yeats' art has for too long been insufficiently understood and appreciated. In setting this matter straight, Sanders does a service for us no less than for...

Kathleene West s poetry is unflinchingly raw, honest, and emotional; West does not forget her feminist roots or her predecessors in verse: Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath. Her poetry, hard and unforgiving as the Plains territory it springs from, takes the reader places unexpected, into familiarities and descriptions of people, art, and encounters that only West pulls off so well. Her poetry has always been revolutionary, and, sadly, this last book is evidence of a voice that had places left to go. As her long-time editor and friend in poetry, I respected and admired her bravery to explore her...

"Landscapes with Horses" conjoins the work of two artists: the poetry of Mark Sanders and the illustrations of woodcutter and book artisan Charles Jones.
The LaNana Creek Press editions of this handpressed, hand-bound collaboration features over a dozen of Jones's exquisite woodcuts and twenty of Sanders's poems. The combination is a feast of imagery, both visual and written, and fine-press book enthusiasts and fans of poetry will find much to admire.
Jones's woodcuts show the range of horse energies, from wildness to repose, and Sanders's verse places horses and humans in spiritual...

Kim Addonizio's latest collection of poetry is an amazing work. Featuring woodcuts by book artisan Charles D. Jones, My Black Angel is both an auditory pleasure and visual feast.