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October (Quarternote Chapbook Series)

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Louise Gluck is dark poet with all the disillusionment of a visionary who does not ever barricade her mind to keep herself feeling safe. No one but Louise Gluck could ever have written this beautiful, crystal clear little book of masterful verse. Her use of language is unique & also accessible, & each of her syllables thuds into you like a punch in the gut & a pillow for you to fall deeply into.

Deep,captivating and provoking.A gigantic landscape painted with meticulously picked sage words.The poet laurate of the U.S.
should not be kept awaiting for Nobel until 2013 ...

Gluck's new chapbook has all the character, texture, and smell of a cistern...you know, one of those vast labyrinthine sewer systems popular during the Roman Empire. So already we're talking about a paragon of bad writing. The flow of sewage could be fast, at the very least (as there are abundant opportunities for it in her structure), but she chooses to keep the spigot closed, so eventually the stench becomes oppressive to the point of unimaginability. Gluck needs a real job...one with less responsibility attached to it than a poet's.