Reviews, Criticism, and Editorships
August 2011
Review of Gary McDowell's American Amen in Gently Read Literature
Gently Read Literature
February 2011
Review of Chad Sweeney's A Parable of Hide and Seek in Gently Read Literature
Gently Read Literature
December 2010
Review of Don Welch's When Memory Gives Dust a Face in Gently Read Literature
Gently Read Literature
November 2009
Review of Daniel Brown's Taking the Occasion in Midwest Book Review
Midwest Book Review
Review of Charles Simic's Sixty Poems in Gently Read Literature
Gently Read Literature
Review of Eileen Myles' Not Me in Midwest Book Review
Midwest Book Review
Review of Joan Houlihan's The Us in Cold Front Mag
Cold Front Mag
October 2009
Review of Jill Essbaum's Necropolis in Cold Front Mag
Cold Front Mag
Criticism quoted at the Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation
September 2009
Review of Jordan Stempleman's String Parade in Cold Front Mag
Cold Front Mag
August 2009
Review of Jeffrey Yang's An Aquarium in Midwest Book Review
Midwest Book Review
Review of Brent Goodman's The Brother Swimming Beneath Me in Cold Front Mag
Cold Front Mag
Criticism quoted at the Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation
June 2009
Review of Thibault Raoult's El P.E. in Cold Front Magazine
Cold Front Mag
May 2009
Review of Kody Walker's Shuffle and Breakdown, "Blood Bank," in Cold Front Magazine
Cold Front Mag
April 2009
Review of Aase Berg's With Deer, "Gnawing Through Animals," in Cold Front Magazine
Cold Front Mag
Review of Nick Flynn's Some Ether, "Raging Toward the Light," in Whistling Shade
Whistling Shade
February 2009
Rick's review of Larry Levis' Elegy, "Reflections on Uncountable Stars: A Review of Larry Levis" in Rattle.
Rattle
December 2008
Review of Richard Siken's Crush, "Notes From the Torn-Up Road," in Gently Read Literature.
Gently Read Literature
Review of Eileen Myles' Sorry Tree, "American Pine," in Cold Front Mag.
Cold Front Mag
NOTES:
From 2008 to 2010, Rick served as poetry editor of The Coachella Review
The Coachella Review
From 2006 to 2008, Rick served as poetry reviewer for Trillium Literary Journal
Trillium
