Suspension, by Paige Riehl
Congratulations to Paige for the feature of her poem, Things That Cannot Die, on The Writer's Almanac, August 13, 2019.
Congratulations to Paige for the feature of her poem, The Dreaming Woman, at Verse Daily.
Congratulations to Paige for the feature of her poem, The Dreaming Woman, at Verse Daily.
Praise for Suspension
Suspension is that rare book of poetry, as much a narrative as a collection of individually successful lyrics. We follow here the extraordinary events of a life and the visions of the one/the many living it. We end, as in life, so far from where we began that a true sense of progress is made in the reading of this poetry, and yet we’ve lingered, meditated, listened, because this is work made mostly of imagery and music, subtlety and unflinching consideration. These are poems to return to again and again, written by a poet of unique powers.
—Laura Kasischke
Suspension is that rare book of poetry, as much a narrative as a collection of individually successful lyrics. We follow here the extraordinary events of a life and the visions of the one/the many living it. We end, as in life, so far from where we began that a true sense of progress is made in the reading of this poetry, and yet we’ve lingered, meditated, listened, because this is work made mostly of imagery and music, subtlety and unflinching consideration. These are poems to return to again and again, written by a poet of unique powers.
—Laura Kasischke
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Paige Riehl is the author of Blood Ties, a poetry chapbook published by Finishing Line Press (2014). Her poetry has appeared in Crab Orchard Review, Water-Stone Review, Meridian, South Dakota Review, Nimrod International Journal, and elsewhere. She won the 2012-2013 Loft Mentor Series in Poetry in Minneapolis and the 2011 Literal Latte Prize for Poetry. She is the Poetry Editor for Midway Journal and an English faculty member at Anoka-Ramsey Community College. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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