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