My review of Marcus Goodyear’s book of poetry Barbies at Communion is published in the most recent edition of the Englewood Review of Books. An excerpt:
What strikes the reader most about Marcus Goodyear’s poetry is the immediate action of the poetry. The action is simultaneous with the writng, as if Goodyear was dictating the present in lines like a sportscaster gives a play-by-play on a baseball game. The effect of Goodyear’s poetry is not immediately deep or penetrating but matter-of-fact, a pronouncement of ordinary life in poetic lines….
The full review is available here.