Carolee Bennett –> poet. artist. crankypants.
Reading notes and personal responses in lieu of poetry book reviews
THE OCTOPUS MUSEUM by BRENDA SHAUNESSY / I love apocalyptic stories/series, with special affection for the mythology they create. The Octopus Museum checked that box, and I enjoyed the peek inside Shaunessy’s portrayal of the dire world we could be marching toward.
When a poet can pull off intimacy and distance at once, the poems stand out as something truly remarkable. Sad Math by Sarah Freligh is full of poems like that. As Sandra Meek says in a blurb at the book’s beginning, these poems are “nervy and frank, hilarious and heartbreaking.”