Book Review: Querida by Nathan Xavier Osorio
By: LG Sebayan Nathan Xavier Osorio’s award-winning debut poetry collection, Querida, looks at the lives of a family of immigrant origin in the San Fernando area of Los Angeles. Chosen by Shara McCallum as the winner of the 2024 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize,...
read moreBook Review: The Girl Who Became a Rabbit by Emilie Menzel
By: Allie Farrell (Note: lines are cited by section #, then page #. Example: [1.7] for section 1, page 7) Photo credit: Sean T. Bailey Emilie Menzel, a previous contributor to Cream City Review, debuted her first book of poetry through the Hub City Press in September....
read moreBook Review: Wager by Adele Elise Williams
By: Annaliese Kunst Wager is former Cream City Review contributor Adele Elise Williams’ debut poetry book—as well as the finalist for the 2024 Miller Williams Poetry Prize, in which the judge Patricia Smith described it as “crafted to upend the familiar.” This poetry...
read moreBook Review: Softie by Megan Howell
By: Emily Barnard Softie, written by Washington, D.C. author Megan Howell (pictured), is a thought-provoking book featuring a collection of short stories. These stories, while including contrasting characters, worlds, and genres, carry similar themes that ring true...
read moreBook Review: Brazos by Justin Carter
By: Emily Barnard Brazos is the first book written by former Cream City Review contributor Justin Carter. This poetry collection primarily focuses on Carter’s upbringing and childhood in a small Texas town. The poems within Brazos have themes within them that many,...
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