Vetting and Editing, Typos Galore*

Finally, a number of poems are narrative, telling stories that are funny or surprising or both. Most notably, Patrice de la Tour du Pin tells of a lost boy in "September's Children" and Debora Greger tells a funny tale of being the oldest of siblings in "My Brief Reign as Emperor." In a frank and delightful poem titled "Today--Bored, Puckered, Lonesome--I Would Like to Order a Russian Internet Bride" Julianna Baggott writes, "My striped and starred/ (hungry pinko)/ heart/ so flimsy/ crabapple pruned, will begin to beat again/ all giddy and dither, within."

This is a fine journal containing reputable names and beautiful poetry and prose. It's disappointing to see so many typos. But I'm a forgiving reader. And this journal has earned my admiration. The writers tell original and compelling stories, even if the editors may be snoozing at the wheel.

*At the time of this review, Triquarterly was a print journal. It has since changed format to an online journal.