Thanks to Cody Stetzel for this new review of DIURNE!

“A spectacular achievement in diary and poetry and mindfulness; this book melds the real, surreal, and unreal in a neat alchemy of the mind. One of the most stark features of this book are the ever-increasing stakes of personal divulgence that several of Bagdanov’s poems end with. Bringing with it a dare, Bagdanov risks a level of investment and engagement for the reader — demanding their complicity in the sheer act of not abusing information provided. I think of this psychological projection in the mode of persona, but instead of personae-as-escape, George Bagdanov provokes the personae-as-infection; destined to give readers a clearer understanding of their own imaginations as opposed to the traditional poetic goal of swinging wide the padlocked doors to an Author’s imagination. Possibility is transfigured toward the reader’s capacity for creation and connection.

Read the rest here.