"All of her lines are demanding, especially her last lines–puzzling yet provocative, they're like little switches that flip at the end, sending the reader back into the poet's maze of words."
–The New York Times Book Review "In poems that are rich with wordplay–puns, rhymes, syntactical twists–Heather McHugh reveals the complex layers of meaning that individual words or phrases contain. The result is intellectually challenging, yet emotionally engaging verse that balances gravity with humor."
–The MacArthur Foundation
