From the Publisher
In the quirky poems of Dori Appel's Another Rude Awakening, the everyday world is reflected back to us, slightly off kilter, in a way that awakens the reader to a new, startling, and engrossing vision.
From the Back Cover
"Dori Appel writes poems as if she were `a shipwreck's last survivor,' commemorating and rejuvenating the past, illuminating overlooked details, and inspiring us to take heart, bear fearless witness, and truthfully, all-inclusively share the experiences that shape and define our diverse, spirited journeys. Every subject is so surehandedly yet tenderly addressed, every rhyme, cadence, and word are so--perfect! There's no other word for it. Dori Appel understands as few do that we all inhabit the spaces between, `when we are nameless and infinite.' Her poems in Another Rude Awakening help me to see the people and things of this world as Fellow Travelers who are all actively holding up an edge of the tent."--Robert McDowell
