Mercury Paperback – December 6, 2011

Ms Reines is an exceptionally gifted lyric voice. Apparently first-person confessional. She should have an extraordianry career.

I highly recommend this collection. Ariana Reines writes honestly and beautifully and is an incredible talented young poet. If you like more experimental forms of poetry, this book is a must-have.

Not for the faint of heart and demands a certain level of skill to enjoy but certainly enjoyable. Long read that demands a birds-eye-view approach to understanding the work as a whole. Probably would recommend reading only when you have a long time to devote to it. Not something you can walk away from and pick back up and take away the same message.

Not since Lydia Davis, have I loved a poet so much.

I had high expectations reading the other reviews, but this ended up being uninteresting selfindulgent, unmemorable, and a book I didn't even want to finish. (And I finish everything.) Yuck. No thank you.

This book has a cool cover, but just as well could have been written by Rod McKuen after he read some Madame Blavatsky. Completely unmemorable.