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These ten poems are set in a gorgeous chapbook from Red Dragonfly Press in Minnesota. The book belies the truth: you can read them all in one sitting. Yes, you can! But you won't want to, because each poem contains a world inside that is unfathomably deep and full of Laux's signature pathos, surprises and turns of phrases so admirable you'll wish you'd written them. Poems like "Waitress," the opener, are relatable and yet with a rare specificity that has the originality of a Dorianne Laux poem.
I loved Dorianne Laux's poems. Just that it was too short. I've been thinking a lot about some of the poems. I'm definitely going to keep revisiting this collection.
Pleasing mix of poetry and flash fiction on the lives of women. I liked every single piece. I liked this better than The Book of Men. (Will be back with a review.)
I love Dorianne Laux’s poetry, I am a fan of her .it's just some of the poems in this short collection wasn't my cup of tea. in the other hand some other poems makes you read it more than once and leave you thinking of every word in it.
My only complaint with this incisive collection is that it is too short. Ten poems does not a chapbook make! That being said, Laux's portraits of mostly working class women are well-wrought and revealing. I look forward to reading more of her work, after this little nibble.
This short book of poetry is delicious. If you think you don’t like poetry, try reading this. Most of the poems are word portraits of various women, each so detailed and real that by the last line, you know them inside and out. Look at this from “Waitress.” “Those days I barely had a pulse. The manager/had vodka for breakfast, the busboys hid behind/the bleach boxes from the immigration cops/and the head waitress took ten percent/of our tips and stuffed the in her pocket/with her cigarettes and
