SOME REVIEWS OR ENGAGEMENTS!

Vince Gotera's review in North American Review, May-August, 2009, is HERE; here's an excerpt:

An intelligent collection that definitely pomo's the pomo.

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*****

Alfred A. Yuson's review in The Philippine Star is HERE; here's an excerpt:

...delightful, not only for the continuing experimentation in poetic form and provenance, but also for the brief works' aphoristic value.

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*****

Jeffrey Cyphers Wright's review in The Brooklyn Rail is HERE; here's an excerpt:

Imagine the poet as a diver exploring oceans of ancient texts, extracting gems, polishing and resetting them. In her 11th book, Eileen Tabios refers to ekphrasis, or speaking out in a dramatic way about a work of art. She chose “The Last Lunar Baedekar” by Mina Loy, to scumble and work over to create her own startling and original poems. Sleek and economic, they glitter with unexpected imagery and musicality in an atmosphere charged by crinoline and cufflinks, grace and salvation.

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*****

Vita Foster's review in The Feminist Review is HERE; here's an excerpt:

Most of the poems are short and in many cases did not grab my attention right away. Yet, many contained a startling turn of phrase that invited deeper contemplation, an effect I crave and the reason why I read poetry. Others just made me wonder what Tabios was smoking.

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*****

Laurel Johnson offered a review for Midwest Book Review; here's an excerpt:

These are poetic and artistic mysteries begging for exploration. Joy comes with the sense of adventure and discovery sparked as these poems are read and reread. Highly recommended.

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*****

Tom Beckett's engagement at Soluble Census is HERE; here's an excerpt:

Art doesn't result from observing proprieties. Art results from learning to magnetize oneself, art results from becoming an attractive nuisance.

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*****

Jesse Glass' engagement at Ahadada Books is HERE; here's an excerpt:

The final goal of Tabios’ scumblings is possessing the past in the present, though it is a past that falls into fragments even as it rises up from the murk. Still, these fragments have a glittering life and fascination of their own.

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