Book description
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry
"Diane Seuss writes with the intensity of a soothsayer." ―Laura Kasischke
For, having imagined your body one way I found it to be another way, it was yielding,
but only as the Destroying Angel mushroom yields, its softness allied
with its poison, and…
Why read it?
1 author picked Four-Legged Girl as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Four-legged girl begins with a powerful cover image and ends with the equally evocative “four-legged girl.” Captivating and curious.
I own several Diane Seuss collections, but this one (her third) is my favorite. Seuss bares the train wrecks in a way I admire and strive to emulate. Her lines crash, her images explode – I’m reading but can’t stop the comet crashing to earth, or sometimes earth is crashing into the comet – either way, Ms. Seuss, a former therapist, doesn’t do faux redemption like I so often do out of guilt for happy endings. Her frank language catapults.…
From AnnMarie's list on The best poetry books for skimming the surface or diving deep into life: you choose.
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