Poems: A Reading

In her poetry collection, Nec(Romantic), Cathleen Chambless uses the rhythms of nursery rhymes as well as traditional forms to tip over the toy box of childhood, storm through addiction, and wrestle the elegaic mode. In Sparrow’s book of poetry, How to Survive the Coming Collapse of Civilization (And Other Helpful Hints), the poet has reinvented the post-apocalyptic survival manual. In Zebra Feathers, Morris Stegosaurus offers readers a romp through a world of plush anthropomorphic animals, mystical surrealism, and absurdist commentary on our own increasingly cartoonish culture.  Thibault Raoult’s collection of poetry, «Pro(m)bois(e)», utilizes cross-genre techniques in an exploration of language.