First review of Does She Have a Name?
Well...as my boss used to say, any publicity is better than no publicity. This was just posted on Publishers Weekly online, and while of course I would have welcomed fireworks and fountains of praise, I'm grateful for the time the reviewer took with the book.
http://pw.mediapolis.com/978-1-63045-...
The poems in Does She Have a Name? emerged over many years, along with other poems that weren't for the book (some of which were published in Deniability, others filed away for the time being). I experienced them individually, rather than all in one go. Formal discipline freed the poems to be written; without it, they were just a blotto mess of emotions and memories. It may be that the cumulative effect of such discipline is a rigor that paralyzes the book. I hope not--and will be interested to see what others think. Does She Have a Name?
http://pw.mediapolis.com/978-1-63045-...
The poems in Does She Have a Name? emerged over many years, along with other poems that weren't for the book (some of which were published in Deniability, others filed away for the time being). I experienced them individually, rather than all in one go. Formal discipline freed the poems to be written; without it, they were just a blotto mess of emotions and memories. It may be that the cumulative effect of such discipline is a rigor that paralyzes the book. I hope not--and will be interested to see what others think. Does She Have a Name?
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