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Read @sharonberg.bsky.social's interview of Renée M. Sgroi re: her collection In a Tension of Leaves and Binding (pub. @guernicaeditions.bsky.social) in Issue 33!
We are connected to the world we live in, but it seems increasingly that we live as if we weren’t
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We are connected to the world we live in, but it seems increasingly that we live as if we weren’t
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December 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Great insights! The theme of isolation in science echoes works like "The Martian" where survival relies on intellect. "Science is about what we can prove." 🪐📚 #SciFi #Isolation #ScienceInFiction What do you
Read @chalicotherex.bsky.social's review of Alexis von Konigslow's novel The Exclusion Zone (pub. @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social) in Issue 33!
[The novel] is about fear and isolated scientists, not so much science fiction as fiction about the work of science...
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[The novel] is about fear and isolated scientists, not so much science fiction as fiction about the work of science...
www.thetemzreview.com/mcphee-von-k...
December 19, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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A fantastic review of a great book! 👇
To say that I sat down with this book would be an understatement. Here are some thoughts on it, at least, which should help push you toward reading it yourselves!
Read @lethejerome.bsky.social's review of @robmclennan.bsky.social's the book of sentences (pub. @ucalgarypress.bsky.social) in Issue 33!
The writing here is so incredibly intentional, each sentence uttered as a sentence – even the one-word sentence feels full
www.thetemzreview.com/melanccedilo...
The writing here is so incredibly intentional, each sentence uttered as a sentence – even the one-word sentence feels full
www.thetemzreview.com/melanccedilo...
December 18, 2025 at 5:13 AM
A fantastic review of a great book! 👇
Read @nyurtsaba.bsky.social's review of Walter Serner's The Tigress (pub. @twistedspoon.bsky.social) in Issue 33!
... What Serner provides in these characters is a brief examination of how an individual changes, reveals, or keeps hidden their masks ...
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... What Serner provides in these characters is a brief examination of how an individual changes, reveals, or keeps hidden their masks ...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Read @nyurtsaba.bsky.social's review of Walter Serner's The Tigress (pub. @twistedspoon.bsky.social) in Issue 33!
... What Serner provides in these characters is a brief examination of how an individual changes, reveals, or keeps hidden their masks ...
www.thetemzreview.com/yurcaba-sern...
... What Serner provides in these characters is a brief examination of how an individual changes, reveals, or keeps hidden their masks ...
www.thetemzreview.com/yurcaba-sern...
Read Terry Trowbridge's review of Chris Hutchinson's Lost Signal (pub. @palimpsestpress.bsky.social)!
...[It] contains political poems that can be used to better understand major American political events of 2025 as experienced by working-class individuals...
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...[It] contains political poems that can be used to better understand major American political events of 2025 as experienced by working-class individuals...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Read Terry Trowbridge's review of Chris Hutchinson's Lost Signal (pub. @palimpsestpress.bsky.social)!
...[It] contains political poems that can be used to better understand major American political events of 2025 as experienced by working-class individuals...
www.thetemzreview.com/trowbridge-h...
...[It] contains political poems that can be used to better understand major American political events of 2025 as experienced by working-class individuals...
www.thetemzreview.com/trowbridge-h...
Read @lethejerome.bsky.social's review of @robmclennan.bsky.social's the book of sentences (pub. @ucalgarypress.bsky.social) in Issue 33!
The writing here is so incredibly intentional, each sentence uttered as a sentence – even the one-word sentence feels full
www.thetemzreview.com/melanccedilo...
The writing here is so incredibly intentional, each sentence uttered as a sentence – even the one-word sentence feels full
www.thetemzreview.com/melanccedilo...
December 18, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Read @lethejerome.bsky.social's review of @robmclennan.bsky.social's the book of sentences (pub. @ucalgarypress.bsky.social) in Issue 33!
The writing here is so incredibly intentional, each sentence uttered as a sentence – even the one-word sentence feels full
www.thetemzreview.com/melanccedilo...
The writing here is so incredibly intentional, each sentence uttered as a sentence – even the one-word sentence feels full
www.thetemzreview.com/melanccedilo...
Read @chalicotherex.bsky.social's review of Alexis von Konigslow's novel The Exclusion Zone (pub. @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social) in Issue 33!
[The novel] is about fear and isolated scientists, not so much science fiction as fiction about the work of science...
www.thetemzreview.com/mcphee-von-k...
[The novel] is about fear and isolated scientists, not so much science fiction as fiction about the work of science...
www.thetemzreview.com/mcphee-von-k...
December 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Read @chalicotherex.bsky.social's review of Alexis von Konigslow's novel The Exclusion Zone (pub. @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social) in Issue 33!
[The novel] is about fear and isolated scientists, not so much science fiction as fiction about the work of science...
www.thetemzreview.com/mcphee-von-k...
[The novel] is about fear and isolated scientists, not so much science fiction as fiction about the work of science...
www.thetemzreview.com/mcphee-von-k...
Read @buriedinprint.bsky.social's review of David O'Meara's novel Chandelier (pub. @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social) in Issue 33!
... The novel’s preoccupation is not with disconnection but connection ...
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... The novel’s preoccupation is not with disconnection but connection ...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Read @buriedinprint.bsky.social's review of David O'Meara's novel Chandelier (pub. @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social) in Issue 33!
... The novel’s preoccupation is not with disconnection but connection ...
www.thetemzreview.com/mccauley-ome...
... The novel’s preoccupation is not with disconnection but connection ...
www.thetemzreview.com/mccauley-ome...
Read @buriedinprint.bsky.social's review of Anne Hawk's The Pages of the Sea (pub. @biblioasis.bsky.social) in Issue 33!
This is not a debut which displays *only* promise: it secures all the elements of fine fiction to the page with compassion and conviction.
www.thetemzreview.com/mccauley-haw...
This is not a debut which displays *only* promise: it secures all the elements of fine fiction to the page with compassion and conviction.
www.thetemzreview.com/mccauley-haw...
December 18, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Read @buriedinprint.bsky.social's review of Anne Hawk's The Pages of the Sea (pub. @biblioasis.bsky.social) in Issue 33!
This is not a debut which displays *only* promise: it secures all the elements of fine fiction to the page with compassion and conviction.
www.thetemzreview.com/mccauley-haw...
This is not a debut which displays *only* promise: it secures all the elements of fine fiction to the page with compassion and conviction.
www.thetemzreview.com/mccauley-haw...
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VERY grateful for this amazing review by Amanda Earl in The Temz Review:
"playful, sexual, animalistic, fun, kinda kooky, uninhibited"
"playful, sexual, animalistic, fun, kinda kooky, uninhibited"
Read @amandaearl.bsky.social's review of Muttertongue, by Lillian Allen, @garybarwin.bsky.social & @whatisapoem.bsky.social (pub. Exile), in Issue 33!
From the first glimpse of the book cover, it’s clear I’m in for a lot of play ...
www.thetemzreview.com/earl-muttert...
From the first glimpse of the book cover, it’s clear I’m in for a lot of play ...
www.thetemzreview.com/earl-muttert...
December 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Thank you for this marvellous review!
Read Sheri Doyle's review of @hollay.bsky.social's Widow Fantasies (pub. Gordon Hill Press) in Issue 33!
The slim but spirited collection, containing 33 stories, is infused with a full spectrum of emotions, from rage and revenge to fierce love and soft longing
www.thetemzreview.com/doyle-ghader...
The slim but spirited collection, containing 33 stories, is infused with a full spectrum of emotions, from rage and revenge to fierce love and soft longing
www.thetemzreview.com/doyle-ghader...
December 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Read Kathryn MacDonald's review of Guy Elston's The Character Actor Convention (Porcupine's Quill Press) in Issue 33!
... The poems imagine; they reimagine; and they question. Elston’s voice is clear, clever, and has something to say ...
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... The poems imagine; they reimagine; and they question. Elston’s voice is clear, clever, and has something to say ...
www.thetemzreview.com/macdonald-el...
December 17, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Read Kathryn MacDonald's review of Guy Elston's The Character Actor Convention (Porcupine's Quill Press) in Issue 33!
... The poems imagine; they reimagine; and they question. Elston’s voice is clear, clever, and has something to say ...
www.thetemzreview.com/macdonald-el...
... The poems imagine; they reimagine; and they question. Elston’s voice is clear, clever, and has something to say ...
www.thetemzreview.com/macdonald-el...
Read Kathryn MacDonald's review of @lornedaniel.bsky.social's What is Broken Binds Us (pub. U of Calgary P) in Issue 33!
Lorne Daniel is a mature poet who has honed the poetic craft. What is Broken Binds Us is a collection to read, to enter, to understand.
www.thetemzreview.com/macdonald-da...
Lorne Daniel is a mature poet who has honed the poetic craft. What is Broken Binds Us is a collection to read, to enter, to understand.
www.thetemzreview.com/macdonald-da...
December 17, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Read Kathryn MacDonald's review of @lornedaniel.bsky.social's What is Broken Binds Us (pub. U of Calgary P) in Issue 33!
Lorne Daniel is a mature poet who has honed the poetic craft. What is Broken Binds Us is a collection to read, to enter, to understand.
www.thetemzreview.com/macdonald-da...
Lorne Daniel is a mature poet who has honed the poetic craft. What is Broken Binds Us is a collection to read, to enter, to understand.
www.thetemzreview.com/macdonald-da...
Read Anson Leung's review of Morangji's Odd Girl Out (pub. Webtoons) in Issue 33!
... The main strong point of this manhwa is in its emotional enthrallment ...
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... The main strong point of this manhwa is in its emotional enthrallment ...
www.thetemzreview.com/leung-morang...
December 17, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Read Anson Leung's review of Morangji's Odd Girl Out (pub. Webtoons) in Issue 33!
... The main strong point of this manhwa is in its emotional enthrallment ...
www.thetemzreview.com/leung-morang...
... The main strong point of this manhwa is in its emotional enthrallment ...
www.thetemzreview.com/leung-morang...
Read @amandaearl.bsky.social's review of Steffi Tad-y's Notes from the Ward (pub. Gordon Hill Press) in Issue 33!
These minimalist poems are powerful expressions of vulnerability and intense articulations of dreams...
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These minimalist poems are powerful expressions of vulnerability and intense articulations of dreams...
www.thetemzreview.com/earl-tad-y-3...
December 17, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Read @amandaearl.bsky.social's review of Steffi Tad-y's Notes from the Ward (pub. Gordon Hill Press) in Issue 33!
These minimalist poems are powerful expressions of vulnerability and intense articulations of dreams...
www.thetemzreview.com/earl-tad-y-3...
These minimalist poems are powerful expressions of vulnerability and intense articulations of dreams...
www.thetemzreview.com/earl-tad-y-3...
Read @amandaearl.bsky.social's review of Gillian Sze's An Orange, A Syllable (pub. @ecwpress.bsky.social) in Issue 33!
I feel an intimate connection between speaker and reader. Sze writes about language through the lenses of parenthood, relationships and art.
www.thetemzreview.com/earl-sze-33....
I feel an intimate connection between speaker and reader. Sze writes about language through the lenses of parenthood, relationships and art.
www.thetemzreview.com/earl-sze-33....
December 17, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Read @amandaearl.bsky.social's review of Gillian Sze's An Orange, A Syllable (pub. @ecwpress.bsky.social) in Issue 33!
I feel an intimate connection between speaker and reader. Sze writes about language through the lenses of parenthood, relationships and art.
www.thetemzreview.com/earl-sze-33....
I feel an intimate connection between speaker and reader. Sze writes about language through the lenses of parenthood, relationships and art.
www.thetemzreview.com/earl-sze-33....
Read @amandaearl.bsky.social's review of Muttertongue, by Lillian Allen, @garybarwin.bsky.social & @whatisapoem.bsky.social (pub. Exile), in Issue 33!
From the first glimpse of the book cover, it’s clear I’m in for a lot of play ...
www.thetemzreview.com/earl-muttert...
From the first glimpse of the book cover, it’s clear I’m in for a lot of play ...
www.thetemzreview.com/earl-muttert...
December 17, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Read @amandaearl.bsky.social's review of Muttertongue, by Lillian Allen, @garybarwin.bsky.social & @whatisapoem.bsky.social (pub. Exile), in Issue 33!
From the first glimpse of the book cover, it’s clear I’m in for a lot of play ...
www.thetemzreview.com/earl-muttert...
From the first glimpse of the book cover, it’s clear I’m in for a lot of play ...
www.thetemzreview.com/earl-muttert...
Read Sheri Doyle's review of @hollay.bsky.social's Widow Fantasies (pub. Gordon Hill Press) in Issue 33!
The slim but spirited collection, containing 33 stories, is infused with a full spectrum of emotions, from rage and revenge to fierce love and soft longing
www.thetemzreview.com/doyle-ghader...
The slim but spirited collection, containing 33 stories, is infused with a full spectrum of emotions, from rage and revenge to fierce love and soft longing
www.thetemzreview.com/doyle-ghader...
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Read Sheri Doyle's review of @hollay.bsky.social's Widow Fantasies (pub. Gordon Hill Press) in Issue 33!
The slim but spirited collection, containing 33 stories, is infused with a full spectrum of emotions, from rage and revenge to fierce love and soft longing
www.thetemzreview.com/doyle-ghader...
The slim but spirited collection, containing 33 stories, is infused with a full spectrum of emotions, from rage and revenge to fierce love and soft longing
www.thetemzreview.com/doyle-ghader...
Read Salma Hussain's engaging interview of Monia Mazigh (pub. @mawenzihouse.bsky.social) in Iss. 33!
Unfortunately, the economic system we live in doesn’t like motherhood. I think we remain a society that despises motherhood and continues to make it difficult
www.thetemzreview.com/hussain-mazi...
Unfortunately, the economic system we live in doesn’t like motherhood. I think we remain a society that despises motherhood and continues to make it difficult
www.thetemzreview.com/hussain-mazi...
December 17, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Read Salma Hussain's engaging interview of Monia Mazigh (pub. @mawenzihouse.bsky.social) in Iss. 33!
Unfortunately, the economic system we live in doesn’t like motherhood. I think we remain a society that despises motherhood and continues to make it difficult
www.thetemzreview.com/hussain-mazi...
Unfortunately, the economic system we live in doesn’t like motherhood. I think we remain a society that despises motherhood and continues to make it difficult
www.thetemzreview.com/hussain-mazi...
Read @sharonberg.bsky.social's interview of @susanewadds.bsky.social re: her novel What the Living Do (pub. @regalhouse.bsky.social)!
... Although Brett’s story isn’t my story, much of her scrappy personality is what you might call my alter-ego ...
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... Although Brett’s story isn’t my story, much of her scrappy personality is what you might call my alter-ego ...
www.thetemzreview.com/berg-wadds.h...
December 17, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Read @sharonberg.bsky.social's interview of @susanewadds.bsky.social re: her novel What the Living Do (pub. @regalhouse.bsky.social)!
... Although Brett’s story isn’t my story, much of her scrappy personality is what you might call my alter-ego ...
www.thetemzreview.com/berg-wadds.h...
... Although Brett’s story isn’t my story, much of her scrappy personality is what you might call my alter-ego ...
www.thetemzreview.com/berg-wadds.h...
Read @sharonberg.bsky.social's interview of Renée M. Sgroi re: her collection In a Tension of Leaves and Binding (pub. @guernicaeditions.bsky.social) in Issue 33!
We are connected to the world we live in, but it seems increasingly that we live as if we weren’t
www.thetemzreview.com/berg-sgroi.h...
We are connected to the world we live in, but it seems increasingly that we live as if we weren’t
www.thetemzreview.com/berg-sgroi.h...
December 17, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Read @sharonberg.bsky.social's interview of Renée M. Sgroi re: her collection In a Tension of Leaves and Binding (pub. @guernicaeditions.bsky.social) in Issue 33!
We are connected to the world we live in, but it seems increasingly that we live as if we weren’t
www.thetemzreview.com/berg-sgroi.h...
We are connected to the world we live in, but it seems increasingly that we live as if we weren’t
www.thetemzreview.com/berg-sgroi.h...
Read @sharonberg.bsky.social's interview of David Giuliano re: his novel The Upending of Wendall Forbes (pub. @latitude46pub.bsky.social) in Iss 33!
Silence can speak loudly. I sensed that Wendall’s silence, like a vacuum, would draw the reader to his dilemma.
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Silence can speak loudly. I sensed that Wendall’s silence, like a vacuum, would draw the reader to his dilemma.
www.thetemzreview.com/berg-giulian...
December 17, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Read @sharonberg.bsky.social's interview of David Giuliano re: his novel The Upending of Wendall Forbes (pub. @latitude46pub.bsky.social) in Iss 33!
Silence can speak loudly. I sensed that Wendall’s silence, like a vacuum, would draw the reader to his dilemma.
www.thetemzreview.com/berg-giulian...
Silence can speak loudly. I sensed that Wendall’s silence, like a vacuum, would draw the reader to his dilemma.
www.thetemzreview.com/berg-giulian...
Read @sharonberg.bsky.social's interview of @alicefitzp.bsky.social re: her novel A Dark Death (pub. Stonehouse) in Iss 33!
.. Now that I’m older, I often reflect on my past decisions, and how different my life has turned out from how I imagined it would be ..
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.. Now that I’m older, I often reflect on my past decisions, and how different my life has turned out from how I imagined it would be ..
www.thetemzreview.com/berg-fitzpat...
December 17, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Read @sharonberg.bsky.social's interview of @alicefitzp.bsky.social re: her novel A Dark Death (pub. Stonehouse) in Iss 33!
.. Now that I’m older, I often reflect on my past decisions, and how different my life has turned out from how I imagined it would be ..
www.thetemzreview.com/berg-fitzpat...
.. Now that I’m older, I often reflect on my past decisions, and how different my life has turned out from how I imagined it would be ..
www.thetemzreview.com/berg-fitzpat...
Read Aaron Schneider's thoughtful longform critique of Anne Michaels' Held in Issue 33!
... It is possible to make the case the Michaels is the quintessential neoliberal novelist ...
www.thetemzreview.com/schneider-mi...
... It is possible to make the case the Michaels is the quintessential neoliberal novelist ...
www.thetemzreview.com/schneider-mi...
December 17, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Read Aaron Schneider's thoughtful longform critique of Anne Michaels' Held in Issue 33!
... It is possible to make the case the Michaels is the quintessential neoliberal novelist ...
www.thetemzreview.com/schneider-mi...
... It is possible to make the case the Michaels is the quintessential neoliberal novelist ...
www.thetemzreview.com/schneider-mi...
Read Jim Waters' moving "The Invention of Waves"!
...I live in a world of abraded memories. This is what Anderson wrote as a first line for a poem. (Abraded was on his list of “Wonderful Words” ... He loved the sound of them more than the meanings) ...
www.thetemzreview.com/waters-33.html
...I live in a world of abraded memories. This is what Anderson wrote as a first line for a poem. (Abraded was on his list of “Wonderful Words” ... He loved the sound of them more than the meanings) ...
www.thetemzreview.com/waters-33.html
December 17, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Read Jim Waters' moving "The Invention of Waves"!
...I live in a world of abraded memories. This is what Anderson wrote as a first line for a poem. (Abraded was on his list of “Wonderful Words” ... He loved the sound of them more than the meanings) ...
www.thetemzreview.com/waters-33.html
...I live in a world of abraded memories. This is what Anderson wrote as a first line for a poem. (Abraded was on his list of “Wonderful Words” ... He loved the sound of them more than the meanings) ...
www.thetemzreview.com/waters-33.html