"Kaleidoscopic curiosity, powerfully kinesthetic language, and an encompassing compassion range this abundant collection."--Jane Hirshfield
"Kaleidoscopic curiosity, powerfully kinesthetic language, and an encompassing compassion range in this abundant collection, in which personal and public realms serve as equal alembics for the distillation of both materia and light."—Jane Hirshfield
"Rich is a traveler and an observant one at that, with a keen attention to detail and a wonderful ear. These poems are a delight."—Library Journal
" From the boldly erotic to the elegiac --- Susan Rich gives us a collection of poems sensual yet exact in their language, generous in the range and power of their emotion." J.M. Coetzee " I admired her talent years ago and this book makes it clear she ha
