With Bone Hinged, novelist, small press activist and publisher of Pedlar Press, Beth Follett, has brought something new to the table from her own pen for the first time in nearly a decade. And considering it’s in chapbook form, well, that makes it even more rare. Her new collection of 10 poems, Bone Hinged is produced by an imprint of Bernard Kelly’s Paperplates. The stark narrative of Follett’s poems is deep and rich, possessing the components of a full-fledged story. I guess we can call these pieces prose poems. Produced in an edition of 150 copies, get this little poetry book while you can. (Nathaniel G. Moore)
Litzine, Beth Follett, Paperplates Books, [email protected], $4