Liz Purvis

Liz is the Poetry Editor at The Fem. She considers herself to be a native of the South at large, if it’ll have her, and is an MFA candidate in Poetry at NC State University. Her work has been published in The Sigma Tau Delta Rectangle, Deep South Magazine, Damselfly Press, Colonnades, and others, and is forthcoming in the anthology plain china. She’s fond of hiking, live music, and inordinate amounts of watermelon in July. Contact Liz at fempoetry@gmail.com.

Posts by Liz Purvis

Spiritual Physicality: A Review of Confluence by Sandra Marchetti
by Liz Purvis | Dec 31, 2015 | Book Reviews | 0
Confluence By Sandra Marchetti Sundress Publications, 2015 71 pages, $12 Reviewed by Liz Purvis “Beyond the body itself / is a thin blue line, / the sky folding back on its spine.” So begins “The Return,” the third poem in...
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A JARRING NON-NARRATIVE
by Liz Purvis | Dec 11, 2015 | Book Reviews | 0
Mutant Neuron Codex Swarm By Juliet Cook and Robert Cole Hyacinth Girl Press, 2013 27 pages, $6 Reviewed by Liz Purvis I approached Mutant Ninja Codex Swarm, written collaboratively by Juliet Cook and Robert Cole, several...
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To Be a Father: A Review of Four Fathers by Dave Housley, BL Pawelek, Ben Tanzer and Tom Williams​
by Liz Purvis | Aug 25, 2015 | Book Reviews | 0
Four Fathers By Tom Williams, Ben Tanzer, BL Pawelek, and Dave Housley Cobalt Press, 2014 146 pages, $15 Reviewed by Liz Purvis Four Fathers is a collection of prose and poetry by—perhaps obviously—four men, four fathers, and...
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Mythological Musings: A Review of Night for Weeks by Teneice Durrant
by Liz Purvis | Apr 30, 2015 | Book Reviews | 0
Nights for Weeks by Teneice Durrant Two of Cups Press, 2014 27 pages, $12 Reviewed by Liz Purvis Teneice Durrant’s poetry chapbook is a collection of poems that move back and forth between religious mythology and the reader’s...
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On Identity and Belonging: A Review of Sidewalk Dancing by Letitia Moffitt
by Liz Purvis | Mar 18, 2015 | Book Reviews | 0
Sidewalk Dancing by Letitia Moffitt Atticus Books, 2013 186 pages, $14.95 Reviewed by Liz Purvis In Sidewalk Dancing, Letitia Moffitt does a skillful job of portraying the precarious balancing act of belonging—to a family, to a...
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