Check out this new review written by Juliet Cook about Pella Felton's new uniquely wonderful poetry collection, {f}ragile Nests (published by Roadside Press) and then consider buying a copy of the book if you don't have one yet.
Thank you to The Literary Underground for publishing Cook's review.
Here is a link to the whole review, followed by a few snippets from the review - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/07/23/juliet-cook-reviews-fragile-nests-by-pella-felton/
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"The beginning of the book involves an interesting and multifaceted Prologue, which expresses, among many other contradictory complexities, “I co[m]e fro[m] a box that should not exist”. But Pella’s box definitely does exist (within many different facets and interconnections), definitely deserves to exist, and definitely deserves to be viewed, heard, read, and explored."
one snippet from the review; read more by clicking the link above
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"I’ve also been thinking about glass cages and glass coffins lately (in part, because I’m repeatedly inserting glass coffins into a small series of interconnected poems I’m in the process of working on) and so I visualized Pella’s box (or one of them) as a glass coffin she was breaking through. Breaking through a glass mirror or a glass coffin involves cracks and shards and wounds but once the glass is broken through something new may emerge. Something that has been somewhat hiding inside oneself for quite some time (like a poem) and shall now be revealed in varying phases and styles and degrees"
another snippet from the review; read more by clicking the link above
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Showing posts with label Juliet Cook The Literary Underground. Show all posts
7/23/26
5/13/26
NEW! Juliet Cook is very excited to share that her poem "Too Much or Not Enough" is appearing In Conversation at The Literary Underground!
"...When we were like dolls,
they could cut off our fingers and toes
more easily. Maybe even cut out
our tongues. Snap a neck, invade
our brains. Diminish our bodies
with ongoing hateful clichés, ridicule,
ridiculous standards."
the beginning of Cook's poem, "Too Much or Not Enough", which is newly appearing In Conversation at The Literary Underground!
read more by clicking the link below...
https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/05/13/too-much-or-not-enough-by-juliet-cook/
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Currently this is the first poem in a sequence of interconnected poems that Cook been working on for quite a while now, so I guess we shall see what happens with that. Maybe when it's finally semi-done, she may try to turn it into a chapbook length manuscript of sorts.
they could cut off our fingers and toes
more easily. Maybe even cut out
our tongues. Snap a neck, invade
our brains. Diminish our bodies
with ongoing hateful clichés, ridicule,
ridiculous standards."
the beginning of Cook's poem, "Too Much or Not Enough", which is newly appearing In Conversation at The Literary Underground!
read more by clicking the link below...
https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/05/13/too-much-or-not-enough-by-juliet-cook/
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Currently this is the first poem in a sequence of interconnected poems that Cook been working on for quite a while now, so I guess we shall see what happens with that. Maybe when it's finally semi-done, she may try to turn it into a chapbook length manuscript of sorts.
1/28/26
NEW! Juliet Cook is excited and delighted that a new poem of hers, "Disengaged" is newly appearing In Conversation at The Literary Underground!
"I pull off its head, toss most of its body
inside a garbage bin. I remove
the two arms, keep them disconnected
in my bedroom, against the wall,
beside my bookcase, facing the opposite angle
away from the previous mannequin parts."
in Cook's poem "Disengaged", which appears In Conversation at The Literary Underground today
read more HERE - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01/28/disengaged-by-juliet-cook/
inside a garbage bin. I remove
the two arms, keep them disconnected
in my bedroom, against the wall,
beside my bookcase, facing the opposite angle
away from the previous mannequin parts."
in Cook's poem "Disengaged", which appears In Conversation at The Literary Underground today
read more HERE - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01/28/disengaged-by-juliet-cook/
11/20/25
NEW! Juliet Cook's poem "Empty Holes for Eyes" is newly appearing in The Literary Underground, In Conversation!
"...Can’t find out if my eyes
are real. If I still exist. If I’m detached
from reality or if I am dead now."
within Juliet Cook's poem "Empty Holes for Eyes", appearing In Conversation at The Literary Underground today
read more here - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/11/20/empty-holes-for-eyes-by-juliet-cook/
are real. If I still exist. If I’m detached
from reality or if I am dead now."
within Juliet Cook's poem "Empty Holes for Eyes", appearing In Conversation at The Literary Underground today
read more here - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/11/20/empty-holes-for-eyes-by-juliet-cook/
9/4/25
NEW! Another New Poem by Juliet Cook is appearing in The Literary Underground In Conversation!
Happy Poetic End of Summer soon to be Autumn!
Juliet Cook is delighted to have a new haiku hybrid poem (Un)formulaic Formula making an appearance in The Literary Underground In Conversation!
Read it HERE - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/09/04/unformulaic-formula-by-juliet-cook/
Juliet Cook is delighted to have a new haiku hybrid poem (Un)formulaic Formula making an appearance in The Literary Underground In Conversation!
Read it HERE - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/09/04/unformulaic-formula-by-juliet-cook/
7/17/25
NEW! Juliet Cook is delighted to have another new poem appearing in The Literary Underground In Conversation - "Fragmentation"!
"The robots break dance
to commemorate human
extinction. Supplant
human language with
AI generated words.
New history of
new birthing process."
the beginning of Juliet Cook's poem "Fragmentation", newly appearing at The Literary Underground In Conversation! Thank you very much to Michele McDannold! I'm delighted to have another new poem included there.
You can read more HERE - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/07/17/fragmentation-by-juliet-cook/
to commemorate human
extinction. Supplant
human language with
AI generated words.
New history of
new birthing process."
the beginning of Juliet Cook's poem "Fragmentation", newly appearing at The Literary Underground In Conversation! Thank you very much to Michele McDannold! I'm delighted to have another new poem included there.
You can read more HERE - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/07/17/fragmentation-by-juliet-cook/
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