The Growler

A specialty brew of musings, micro reviews and the occasional call to arms by the Bear Review crew and friends. Grab and go.

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Oct 9, 2020

In Blood of the Air, Codjoe exploits the intersection of content and form to deconstruct racist and sexist narratives...

Jan 29, 2020

How do you describe the sound reverberating off gymnasium walls as a circle of people in folding chairs voice their ugliest secrets?

Oct 9, 2019

If summer found you like it found me, dear reader, it saw you spending those noon-tall days with five or six books at your side. The...

Jul 23, 2019

I keep using the word "rangy" to describe the poems in Alicia Mountain's High Ground Coward. By rangy, I mean both range-like, an...