Review of Bridgford’s Bully Pulpit

My review of Kim Bridgford’s _Bully Pulpit_ appears in the Sunday, April 7th edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Here’s the link:

http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20130407_Poems_to_the_bullied_and_the_bully.html

Excerpt:

Picking up a poetry volume titled Bully Pulpit, you might expect a fair amount of sermonizing, given the book’s focus on victimization. Kim Bridgford’s collection rails with anticipated gusto; it provides balm to the injured and lashes back at the guilty, stopping just short of marching them behind the barn to cut their own switch…

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Reviewed by Kelly McQuain

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