Susan Scutti

Marvelous collection of spiky, often piercing verse from downtown-cool triple-threat [a:Susan Scutti|508437|Susan Scutti|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg], from Pennsylvania indie house Paper Kite. These "inky / descriptions of / unremembered life" meld the metaphysical with the gritty into a pleasing, street-smart voice that thrums with the tricky rhythms of urban life. Through the cracks in the lines and the startling aphorisms ("We kill our best selves in favor show more of conformity") a persona begins to come into focus: ambitious, perceptive, intelligent, and essentially lonely. This whirling panoply of sensation and thought finds expression in a variety of poetic forms, ranging from onrushing blocks of prose poetry to spare, minimalist meditations. The poems about her relation with her working-class father, especially, are unexpectedly poignant. A superior collection. show less