by Barrett Warner | Oct 21, 2023 | Galileo Press
A great ‘voice’ is merely a great voice. Maybe it modulates. Softens or moves up the register. Terrific. Now what? The problem with voice is that you work so hard to find it. Then you find it and there is no where else for it to be. No longer searching for voice, you...
by Galileo Press | Sep 5, 2023 | Galileo Press
Review by Sam Schmidt One joy of this unusual book by Rebecca May Johnson is the challenge of deciding what kind of writing it is. Not entirely philosophy, not quite social or literary criticism, not completely memoir, not fully poetry—even while it is all these...
by Barrett Warner | Jul 21, 2023 | Galileo Press
We went into the cypress and black water to read manuscripts and when we came back there was a whole conversation about blurbs. As usual, we missed it and just did our own thing. We’re not against love and gold stars and trying to to land teaching jobs and reading...
by Galileo Press | Nov 11, 2022 | Galileo Press
When we arrived at the camp they pulled us off the buses and made us do push-ups in the parking lot. The asphalt was hot and tar stuck to our noses. They made fun of our clothes and took them away from us. They shaved our heads until little white scars showed through,...
by Barrett Warner | Aug 17, 2022 | Galileo Press
Once a book contract is signed, the rush for blurbs is so rushed. Especially for a debut collection. As if the years of creating would still depend on green lights, even after publication. As if each book were a traffic intersection. As if it still needed whistle...
by Galileo Press | May 28, 2022 | Galileo Press
Content Warning: Suicide Originally published at Measure Review In Memory of Jim Simmermanby John Philip Drury “Ever the best of friends,” your letters ended,great expectations for a wave of yearsthat promised more reunions, correspondence.But all that’s over. The...