Book 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,...
read moreAn Interview with Dorsía Smith Silva
By Keinana Shah What does it truly mean to drown? According to Dorsía Smith Silva, it means more than you would think. Her upcoming debut poetry collection, In Inheritance of Drowning, explores the devastating effects of Hurricane María in Puerto Rico, highlighting...
read moreBook Review: The Band by Christine Ma-Kellams
By: Alanda Jackson Former Cream City Review contributor Christine Ma-Kellams' latest novel, The Band, is a satirical page-turner that explores K-Pop, cancel culture, and fandoms. In this novel, we meet Duri, one of five members of The Band, everyone’s latest K-pop...
read moreMourning for What the Western Wilderness has Become: A Review of Red Shuttleworth’s Straight Ahead
By Jacob Collins Boxer and poet Red Shuttleworth’s poetry collection, Straight Ahead, transports its readers to the dusty, forgotten landscape of the western wilderness. Shuttleworth captures this landscape on page in vivid detail and colorful words. This is a rocky...
read moreFriday Flashback: Ted Kooser – Fireflies
In the lead-up to our 50th Anniversary next year, Cream City Review is revisiting work in our Archives. Below is one from Ted Kooser, Pulitizer Prize winner, former U.S. Poet Laureate, and one of the great living writers of contemporary poetry. This poem would go on...
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