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NewsThe Last Book I LovedFebruary 16, 2013
I wrote about my first encounter with the work of Allison Benis White over on The Rumpus. Her new book will be out in a couple of months, and I can't wait to get my hands on it again.
NPRJanuary 3, 2013
I'm honored to be among Kevin Young's choices for Five Poets with Punch on NPR. The other poets are Natasha Tretheway, D.A. Powell, Matthew Dickman, and Dean Young.
Sin Might Be a Kind of GraceSeptember 16, 2012
Lindsay Miller at Muzzle Magazine recently reviewed Our Lady. Here's a peek at what she had to say: "The thrum of unfulfilled need is palpable...settling into the body as something familiar, like a hunger so old it becomes another organ."
a 'sweet' love letterSeptember 11, 2012
Ryan Bollenbach over at Sweet wrote me a really nice love letter. Reviews are nice, but a love letter? I'm going to fold it up and pin it inside my shirt.
a bible of the damnedAugust 4, 2012
A new review of Our Lady came out recently in TROP by A. Kay Emmert. Here's a preview of the review: "Brimhall’s book is a kind of bible-in-the-making, a bible of the damned and of the saved begging to be damned."
new city litJune 6, 2012
A new review of Our Lady of the Ruins by Wesley Rothman is up on New City Lit. A sneak peek: "It is beautiful darkness, persistently frightening and wired with faint belief."
washington independent review of booksMay 27, 2012
Grace Cavalieri included Our Lady of the Ruins along with books by Mark Strand, Jonathan Galassi, Campbell McGrath, and Vladimir Nabokov in her May Exemplars round up over at Washington Independent Review of Books. Thanks, Grace!
voices on the vergeApril 4, 2012
Library Journal listed Our Lady in their "Voices on the Verge: 14 New Poets for National Poetry Month" feature.
on the seawallApril 4, 2012
The good news abounds! The fabulous Chloe Honum reviewed Our Lady on Ron Slate's blog On the Seawall for National Poetry Month.
the rumpusMarch 15, 2012
Nick Ripatrazone wrote a beautiful review of Our Lady over at The Rumpus. There's also a link to a new poem at the bottom.
booklistFebruary 28, 2012
I just saw an advanced copy of a review that will appear in Booklist on March 15th. Here's a sneak peek: "Readers who appreciate haunting, philosophical questioning will savor Our Lady of the Ruins."
Publisher's WeeklyJanuary 26, 2012
An early review for Our Lady of the Ruins just came out in Publisher's Weekly that describes the poems as "part Dylan Thomas, part saint's legend and part Tolkien." That's right, Tolkien. Thank you PW!
PleiadesJanuary 24, 2012
Kyle McCord mentioned on Facebook that a new review of Rookery is in the new issues of Pleiades. Thanks, Kyle!
blackbirdDecember 23, 2011
Three poems from the forthcoming book and a review of Rookery by Sandra Beasley are up on Blackbird.
buried letter pressDecember 15, 2011
A new review of Rookery came out today from Buried Letter Press. I was really grateful for Dawn Manning's generosity and clear insights into the poems.
the church of poetryJune 6, 2011
I was really honored and humbled to read Tracy K. Smith's beautiful words about Rookery on the Best American Poetry blog. I'm incredibly grateful.
"This book adds to the canon at the core of the Church of Poetry." Splitting the larkMay 4, 2011
The Rumpus also published a review of Rookery today written by the wonderful Nick Lantz. You can read it here.
New ReviewMay 2, 2011
New review by Christopher Leibow available up at Sugar House Review.
"This is a lyrical, surreal and palpable first collection." At the Top of April PoetryApril 26, 2011
A new review of Rookery is up at Cleveland's The Plain Dealer.
"The world of Brimhall's impressive first book is populated with terrifying angels, creatures beautiful and barbaric." Myself the only kangarooApril 12, 2011
Sandy Longhorn said some amazingly kind things about Rookery over on her blog "Myself the Only Kangaroo Among the Beauty." You should check out what she has to say, but also subscribe to her blog.
ColdfrontMarch 31, 2011
Rookery has received its first official review at Coldfront.
"It is as if Brimhall understands impassioned devotion and wishes to worship, instead, the simple, the overlooked, the soon to depart but eternally real." |
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