The Seaboard Review of Books, December 8, 2025
Volume 2, Issue 54 of The Seaboard Review of Books, December 8, 2025
In this issue:
Quantum: Poems by Irina Moga (Poetry)
At Beckett’s Grave by Robin Durnford (Poetry)
Magical Realism Series Continues in No Love Lost by Jane Glatt (Fiction)
Planet Earth: Stories by Nicholas Ruddock (Fiction)
Dust: More Lives Of The Poets (With Guitars) by Ray Robertson (Non-Fiction)
Curling Rocks!: Chronicles of The Roaring Game, by John Cullen (Non-Fiction)
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James M. Fisher, editor-in-chief
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There’s Magic Here Too: A Trans Woman’s Guide to Being Monstrous by Skylar Kay
This new collection by Calgary poet Skylar Kay knocked my socks off! It’s urgent and generous with shout-outs to Jafar, Game Boy, Ursula, and a Magic 8 Ball, and full of supernatural incantations—“Expel penile poltergeist” and “Stash a bauble under your pillow, / close by for gifting to crows.” I was mesmerized by the nested footnotes in the standout poem “Mirror, Mirror … Or Maybe Overthinking … I Don’t Know Yet,” which starts with the line “I am a woman1.” and leads the reader into a labyrinth of what it means to be enough. There’s Magic Here Too: A Trans Woman’s Guide to Being Monstrous is essential reading that will make you laugh, then take your breath away, and invite you to witness lived experience that is sure to inspire care and solidarity. (Contributed by Samantha Jones)
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