In a review of these fictional poems in The Boston Globe, Nina MacLaughlin writes: "She speaks to our weaknesses, our failings, our rage, of limits pushed and clues left, confession, admission, denial, and all that's spoken in what's left unsaid. It's a collection of mysteries solved and unsolved, with the imperative echoing through all of it: 'Observe everything.'"

About the Author

Jessica Purdy holds an MFA from Emerson College. She is the author of STARLAND and Sleep in a Strange House (Nixes Mate, 2017 and 2018), and The Adorable Knife (Grey Book Press, 2023), and You’re Never the Same (Seven Kitchens Press). Sleep in a Strange House was a finalist for the NH Literary Award for poetry. Her poetry manuscript Lung Hours was a finalist in Codhill Press' Guest Editor Poetry Series 2023, The Granite State Poetry Prize, and The Dryden-Vreeland Book Prize. Her poems and micro-fiction have been nominated for Best Spiritual Literature, Best New Poets, Best of the Net, and Best Micro-Fiction. Her poetry, flash fiction, and reviews appear in About Place, On the Seawall, Radar, The Night Heron Barks, SoFloPoJo, Litro, Heavy Feather Review, and elsewhere. She lives in Exeter, New Hampshire and teaches Creative Writing at SNHU.

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