Karen Goodwin

Pamphlets Poetry

Because I Can See Needing a Knife by Noah Stetzer

April 19, 2017 Karen Goodwin Bethany W. Pope, Noah Stetzer, Red Bird Chapbooks

–Reviewed by Bethany W. Pope– Every so often life brims over with terror. Your mother dies from an aneurysm, falling

Pamphlets Poetry

Fragile Houses by Nina Lewis

March 30, 2017March 30, 2017 Karen Goodwin Nina Lewis, Rachel Stirling, V. Press

-Reviewed by Rachel Stirling- Fragile Houses, Nina Lewis’ debut pamphlet from V. Press, explores the subject of memory. She describes

Pamphlets Poetry

All the footprints I left were red by Rowena Knight

March 30, 2017May 1, 2017 Karen Goodwin Helen Calcutt, Rowena Knight, Valley Press

-Reviewed by Helen Calcutt– One word springs to mind when reading Knight’s first pamphlet All the footprints I left were red

Pamphlets Poetry

Periplous by Lesley Saunders

March 23, 2017March 23, 2017 Karen Goodwin Alice Tarbuck, Lesley Saunders, Shearsman

–Reviewed by Alice Tarbuck– Periplous is a fascinating and unusual pamphlet, in that it imaginatively recreates the journey of Greek merchant-explorer

Pamphlets Poetry

The Rainbow Faults by Kate Wakeling

February 28, 2017March 1, 2017 Karen Goodwin Alice Tarbuck, Kate Wakeling, Rialto

-Reviewed by Alice Tarbuck– In ‘The Next Room’, toward the end of Kate Wakeling’s debut pamphlet, there is a

Anthology Poetry

Chapbook Anthology Volume 1: Joey Connolly, Philip Terry & Stuart McKenzie ed. by Tiffany Anne Tondut

February 1, 2017February 2, 2017 Karen Goodwin Jennifer Edgecombe, Joey Connolly, Laudanum, Philip Terry, Stuart McKenzie, Tiffany Anne Tondut

– Reviewed by Jennifer Edgecombe – Chapbook anthology: volume one is Laudanum’s second publication, and it binds three chapbooks together, featuring

Pamphlets Poetry

Knots and Branches by Stewart Carswell

January 25, 2017May 1, 2017 Karen Goodwin Stewart Carswell; Eyewear; Jessica Traynor

-Reviewed by Jessica Traynor– Knots and Branches showcases Stewart Carswell’s talent for keen observation of the natural world. The forest

Pamphlets Poetry

Scar by Carrie Etter

January 12, 2017January 15, 2017 Karen Goodwin Carrie Etter, Environmental Poetry, Katy Lewis Hood, Shearsman

-Reviewed by Katy Lewis Hood – The scar in the title of Carrie Etter’s recent pamphlet is a mark ‘in the earth’,

Pamphlets Poetry

You Found a Beating Heart by Nisha Bhakoo

January 4, 2017January 4, 2017 Karen Goodwin Emma Lee, Nisha Bhakoo, Onslaught Press

– Reviewed by Emma Lee – Nisha Bhakoo uses dream-like imagery, sometimes from literal dreams, sometimes to blur the distinction between dream

Anthology Poetry Translation

Currently & Emotion ed. by Sophie Collins

December 29, 2016December 29, 2016 Karen Goodwin Angélica Freitas, Anne Carson, Brian Henry, Caroline Bergvall, Catherine Petit & Paul Buck, Chantal Wright, Christian Hawkey, Chus Pato, Colette Thomas, Don Mee Choi, Elfriede Czurda, Eliza Griswold, Eric Suchère, Erín Moure, Georg Trakl, Hilary Kaplan, Holly Pester, J. V. Foix, Jorge Santiago Perednik, Karen Van Dyck, Khairani Barokka, Lawrence Venuti, Linh Dinh, Lisa Robertson, Mien Dang, Molly Weigel, Nguyen Quoc Chanh, Oli Hazzard, Rachael Allen, Rosmarie Waldrop, Sagawa Chika, Sandra Doller, Sawako Nakayasu, Sonja Kravanja, Sophie Collins, Sophie Seita, Tara Bergin, Test Centre, Tomaž Šalamun, Uljana Wolf, Vahni Capildeo, Yōko Tawada, Zoë Skoulding

-Reviewed by Jenna Clake– Translation is a political act: this is the recurring message behind Currently & Emotion. In her