"The poetry collection examines the cost of fame through the lives of some of Hollywood's most infamous and/or tragically unfamous women in accessibly insightful, and deeply moving, lyrical form." – Marie Claire
"With frank observations and blunt commentary, Tamblyn has created a smartly crafted collection, proving that she is a savvy and fierce woman and poet who knows that behind every spotlight is shadow." – Booklist
"Reviewers may compare Tamblyn to James Franco, who also wrote poems about his own celebrity, but the two cases aren't really alike: Tamblyn's work seems less slick, and it's more playful and far more personal, with highs and lows that stick around after the cameras are off." – Publishers Weekly
"A memorial and a magical act. . . . Amber Tamblyn is not playing with metaphor or some flight of fancy. She is gifting us with the tragedy, the power, and most of all the truth of these women's lives." – from the Foreword by Diane di Prima
"With a drummer's approach to wording and a coroner's attention to bodily detail, Amber Tamblyn's tragicomic dead girl poems are a thoughtful, ghoulish kick." – Sarah Vowell
"Ms. Tamblyn has a gift for words." – Quentin Tarantino
"Amber Tamblyn's Dark Sparkler is an elegy, a eulogy, a rhapsody, a rage. In these astonishing poems inspired by dead actresses, Tamblyn fiercely examines the spectacle of the actress as she lives and dies and how our hands and hearts linger on their lives." – Roxane Gay, author of New York Times bestseller Bad Feminist
