Poetry is often relegated to the dustiest shelves and the farthest reaches of our thoughts; a genre most readers slogged through begrudgingly in high school and promptly dismissed on the other side of the diploma.  Poetry is “stuffy” and “irrelevant”, perhaps even, dare I say it, “fussy”.  But these stereotypes are true misnomers to the good name of The Poem, and deft poets, such as David Hernandez, easily vanquish such tarnishes.  Hernandez’s latest collection of poems – published by Louisville’s own Sarabande Books &ndas

A trip to The Bookstore can sometimes be a daunting endeavor in that ever-elusive quest for the right read.  Bibliophages thirsty for their next word-fix often crumble in the face of the thousand titles vying for their attention on the shelf.  Which to choose? Which venture to risk?

The term “hysteria” can trace its rather curious roots back to the ancient Greeks.  Often attributed to Hippocrates, “hysteria” began its journey to the modern English lexicon as a term used to describe the movements of a woman’s uterus as it flew about her body, causing disease and driving her wild.  A fun fact.  While it is now clear that the female womb remains stationary, the idea of the wild or “bad girl” still remains an alluring taboo in our society.  Grabbing misbehavior by the horns, Louisville poet

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