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Justin Holliday

The Gap of Time

Book Review by Justin Holliday

The Gap of Time, by Jeanette Winterson. Hogarth, 2015. $15, 273 pages.


The Gap of Time, Jeanette Winterson’s latest novel, is the first in the Hogarth Shakespeare series, which features “cover” versions of Shakespearean classics. In Winterson’s case, …

Mortal Trash

Book Review by Justin Holliday

Mortal Trash, by Kim Addonizio. Norton, 2016. $26, 107 pages.

Kim Addonizio’s latest collection emphasizes what she writes about best: sex, relationships, and death. But Mortal Trash refines these concepts and their connection to waste or recovery. Whether meditating on …

Wastoid

Book Review by Justin Holliday

Wastoid, by Matthias Svalina. Big Lucks Books, 2014. $15, 154 pages.

In his collection Wastoid, Matthias Svalina revitalizes the sonnet. Although Svalina is not the first poet to take the sonnet beyond the traditional fourteen lines, he radically upsets …

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