Title: Uninspired, Pretty, and Cheap--Pretty Cheap
Product review: When I heard this woman read in NY, she displayed absolutely no confidence in her own voice, which makes me wonder how I, a reader, am expected to exert my own energy into the weak and facile language of her work. These poems lack authority. Most of the time I pictured a mousy woman afraid of her own shadow, throwing her voice like a stuttering ventriloquist because she was afraid to claim ownership of her own declarations. I pity those that think this constitutes "sophistication." What a disfavor to budding poets who will be misled into believing small efforts like these are publishable. Well, I guess they are. Jewell's book was even better than this!
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