"Lola Haskins's range is broad; her perceptions are always surprising. Natural objects surpass themselves and episodes of women's history are rewritten in this lively, adventuresome collection." -Maxine Kumin " . . . Hunger is a cabinet of crystals each one with a cutting edge. It's a wonder." -Beloit Poetry Journal "She knows we are rooted to the earth but long for the stars. . . . And she's wise enough to know that love searches us out. Dazzling." -Northwest Arkansas Times "[The poems] richly present the experience of women, as the complexity of their material, emotional, and imaginative lives presses against the constraints of their assigned roles. . . wonderfully evocative." -The Hudson Review ". . . Convincing and exquisitely visual. It plays off a painterly use of visualization and technique even as it enacts the limits of such artistry in the face of real feeling. . . . It is the clarity of Haskins's poems and (her speakers') observations, combined with the sometimes elegant, sometimes searing restraint with which the observations are made, that gives these poems their impact." -Colorado Review

About the Author
Lola Haskins has published twelve books of poetry and three of prose. Her work has appeared in the Atlantic, Hudson Review, Georgia Review, Southern Review, Prairie Schooner, London Review of Books, and elsewhere, as well as having been broadcast on BBC and NPR. Among her honors are the Iowa Poetry Prize, two Florida Book Awards, two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, and the Emily Dickinson Prize from Poetry Society of America. She currently serves as Honorary Chancellor of the Florida State Poets Association.

Awards
Winner of NEA Fellowship (United States).



Book Information
ISBN 9781586540616
Author Lola Haskins
Format Paperback
Page Count 82
Imprint Red Hen Press
Publisher Red Hen Press