Duncan Barlow

1. There is no one else I'd rather wake next to in the morning sun you outshine the sun. There is no one else who can tame my moods the way you do. How they shift and they sway, you lift me right up I understand that the world is a funny place. We've got to find a way to keep it together. If we're ever going to make it to spring. I've seen the world split down the seams and pour out stars.

The Barbarous Century by Leah Umansky Refreshingly unafraid to explore significant mass-cultural touchpoints like TV’s Mad Men and Game of Thrones, The Barbarous Century is nonetheless an intensely literate collection; one built on a lexicon devoid of pretense or filler. Umansky’s poetry never forgets its debt to the world in which we live; likewise, it demonstrates the capability of a true artist to elevate our perceptions of that world.

Dog Between Us, A By Duncan B. Barlow, 244 pgs. May 28, 2019   Book Reviews, Read I knew of Duncan B. Barlow for years before any of his work came into my purview: dude has a resume. He was a member of a bunch of influential Louisville bands, like Endpoint and By The Grace of God. I remember reading his punk rock exit interview in Punk Planet after he was sucker punched at a show by the singer of a hardcore band (look this up if you don’t know it already—shit is nuts). Barlow is also a writer.