Odd Swallows
Robyn Ewing
104 pp., paperback, ISBN #097776981X
$14.95 (click image to purchase)
Robyn
Ewing astonishes with Odd Swallows, which slashes across genre to
mix high and low art, stealing democratically from places ranging from
comic books to Milton. Less a poetry book than a political document, Ewing
presents our world with a syllogistic logic that at once captivates and
saddens.
Robyn Ewing takes a
frank look at the world in these sharp, funny pieces, but with a mind so
acrobatic that she makes it look brand new and not quite so impossible ... the sheer dazzle, zip, and
bite of each line makes this one of the best books you’ll read this
year.
- Cole Swenson
Through all its verbal and ekphrastic mischief, Odd Swallows brings
something entirely vital and spiritually tender forward to this moment of
the American poem. Suddenly, Robyn Ewing is a Vaughan, a Crashaw amongst
us, tending and troubling the soul through its eyes.
- Donald Revell
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