"From its synaesthetic title to its closing poem, this complex debut from Johnson shows that surrealism remains alive and swell."

— Publishers Weekly on Vanessa Couto Johnson's pungent dins concentric

 

"It deserves to be savored and celebrated by a wide audience because it shows how language, when used well, can bring shivers and solace to many."

— Elizabeth Lund at Wellesley Magazine on AJ Odasso's The Sting of It

 

"It’s one of the most beautiful things you’re likely to read."

— Jef Rouner at Houston Chronicle on Sarah Adleman's The Lampblack Blue of Memory: My Mother's Echoes  

 

"The specificity of this book—in its concerns, its voice, what it chooses to pay attention to—allows it to take in the entire world, the entirety of love and grief and joy and gratitude and fear."

— Erin Stalcup at Waxwing on Jesse Sensibar's Blood in the Asphalt: Prayers from the Highway

 

"Don’t miss this debut poetry collection."

— C. Moon Reed at Las Vegas Weekly on Elizabeth Quiñones-Zaldaña's Bougainvillea

 

"Echo Bay is an incredible debut, and it surely will be enjoyed by poetry lovers and travelers alike. It is also for everyone whom partied as a teen, felt scared to death as a new parent, or left a marriage after a lot of hard work."

— Emily Hoover at Empty Mirror on Jennifer Battisti's Echo Bay