The following is a smattering of reviews of our books and our press. We will gradually add them as we find them in our archives and as they come in when new books are published. Some of these reviews appear on other pages of our website. Have you read a Plan B Press Book and want to comment? Write to us!


Liz Abram's Morley's What Winter Reveals

"All of these poems commemorate everyone and everything that has lived, died, and lives on in Abrams-Morley's life and poetry. Read them and feast upon the extraordinary, natural beauty which is What Winter Reveals."
-Rosemary Cappello, Philadelphia Poets


Michelle Belluomini's Crazy Mary and others

"Crazy Mary and Others is an emotion-evoking look into the life of a woman who has been destined by humanity to be the outsider... Belluomini works with emotional placement to bind those things both past and present and looks at the symbolism of the earth, stars, moon and life sources. She intricately weaves this journey with an overwhelming sense of the positive. The readers find themselves overwhelmed with the plight of Mary, and with a sense of hopefulness, they dream that this insightful, intelligent woman is able to once again, find her place in this world gone awry... Crazy Mary and Others also offers some other works from Belluomini that will also stir your soul, open your eyes and make your heart, a better place to dwell within."
-Feminist Review on Blogger.com


FJ Bergmann's Constellation of the Dragonfly

"Constellation of the Dragonfly is a poetry collection which glows like a pearl necklace of the mind... this collection is a banquet of otherworldly dreams, techno-magic, familiar images mutated unexpectedly by Bergmann's expert and moving wit."
-Linda D Addison, Space and Time Magazine

"From the introspective to the cerebral, Bergmann's verse is compelling and highly recommended to science fiction enthusiasts and avante garde poetry buffs."
-The Midwest Book Review

"What first grabbed me about the book was the cover illustration. I know you can't judge a book by such things, but it really is a gorgeous cover, and actually mirrors the poems in the book....The poems are stunning. And the book itself is well designed and put together. This is an incredible collection and belongs on any poetry reader's shelf."
-ClevelandPoetics, the blog

"Bergmann's strengths in this collection, as with her previous work, include vivid imagery, her enjoyment of unusual words, an off-beat sense of humor, and her agile imagination.."
-Wendy Vardaman, Free Verse


CL Bledsoe's _want/need

"Throughout, the collection is carried off with a wit and playful energy that makes you warm to it at once. This is evident too in the book�s format; the interior pages resemble those of a puzzle book. The publisher's information takes the place of the answers section at the back, presented in upside-down writing to keep you from peeking.
At the same time ______(want/need) is complex and elegant enough to distinguish itself as more than just word games. It is predominantly a poetry book, but one that uses the devices of those forms in order to draw its effect. ______(want/need) is worth checking out for its uniqueness alone."
- Neon Magazine


Joyce Meyers' Wild Mushrooms

"Sitting down with Joyce Meyers' Wild Mushrooms is like sitting down with a cup of coffee, wisps of steam floating from the curves of each printed letter - suave and rousing. The inviting mood of this 26-piece poetry collection (enhanced by typeset and delicate illustration) greets you from its very first pages and is sustained throughout... Her casual, unabashed voice provides accessibility to complex concepts that can be pondered long after the last word. Unexpected combinations - for instance, where baking meets bloodshed in Aftermath, and trick-or-treaters go to war in Halloween 2004- keep things fresh and intriguing throughout this collection."
-Nicole Miyashiro, Philadelphia Poets, Volume 14, 2008


the NOW(then) Anthology

"NOW!(then) is a must read... This book is so chock-full of good stuff that you probably won't put it down in one sitting unless you are taking notes, mulling over it's depth or become trapped under something heavy... I hope that if you have the opportunity to read this great little collection that you also think there are just too many good words and works and too few pages."
-Elizabeth Borges, Ibbeston Street Press


stevenallenmay

"So much of what I find myself looking for in a book of poetry I find in Plastic Sunrise. Frost once said, "No surprise for the writer, no surprise for the reader," and indeed, I have to believe that stevenallenmay must have found himself pleasantly bewildered, like a headless body, upon the completion of many of these poems. The works showcased in Plastic Sunrise show a heavy resemblance to the works of e.e. cummings combined with the Beats, almost as if cummings and ginsberg have somehow manifest themselves into one poetic body, that of stevenallenmay, complete without capital letters. stevenallenmay's poems from Plastic Sunrise cover over three decades of political protest, insane rambling, and general word excitement. As a reader I find myself drawn to the fact that the poet still creates meaning while at the same time writing in ways that would make a grammar teacher shudder. It is delightful."
-Dave Anderson, Ibbetson Press Update "Let me confess up front that I have a soft spot for the Beats and for Neo-Beat experiments in writing. Spontaneous Chili fits in that category. Within its brief 24 pages one finds a collage of seemingly random ideas stitched together in a version of Beat-style cut-up method the author refers to as "sponting": accidental collaborations involving lines sliced from online dialogues and the meditations that inevitably followed. In many ways, that randomness makes these poems difficult to wander through and, as such, anyone who has a negative predisposition toward the Beats should keep Spontaneous Chili at a safe distance. At the same time, however, every line in each poem has its energy, its devotion to the chaotic reasoning found in chatroom dialogues...The poems in Spontaneous Chili never quite achieve the precision of Ginsberg, but at times they feel like early Ferlinghetti or the shorter "pomes" of Kerouac."
-Ace Bogges, Adirondack Review