Sina Queyras
"Queyras's poems are solidly grounded on a distinct sense of place.
These various locations incisively and persistently point to
aspects of "home": first, because of their active engagement with
and relentless interrogation of the present and the self, and
second, because of their frank and vivid portrayal of parental
figures and childhood/teenage moments."
-Lydia Forssander-Song, Canadian Book Review
"These poems evoke the contemporary scene of New Jersey with
details like discarded water bottles and old condoms; they look
back into the area's history, and travel out on the highways to the
places where the city stretches past littered roads and power lines
into the wild... The poem ['Me Victorious'] is as frantic as a
yuppie who gleans from their kid's Ritalin supply, and it should be
read aloud... Queyras describes the twisted adult world through the
eyes of a child with a sense of wonder and dread... [and] shows it
is better to get to know the dark side rather than pretend it's all
rainbows and smiley sunshine."
-Ian Sullivan, Matrix
"Teethmarks tackles the terrifying territory of loss and love, yet
avoids sentimentality. While opening doors to the dark truths of
childhood, it also reveals the irony of living in the abundance and
squalor that is present-day America... A provocative and satisfying
book... well worth rereading and pondering."
-Jennifer Boire, Prairie Fire
"Teethmarks is a gutsy, enthralling effort to bring words
themselves - in all their sing-song beauty and horror - back to us.
Wow . . ."
-Chris Devito, CO-OP/CiTR/CJSF Radio
"Her poetic lines can be clipped to the absolute breaking point to
convey the fractured nature of our lives, or go on without
stopping, showing how we relentlessly push ourselves . . . Queyras
effectively brings together the little and the large, leaving you
lots to hang on to, ways to join in."
-Jacqueline Turner, The Georgia Straight
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