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I read Pelt from cover-to-cover in one sitting; a first for me with poetry. Some of the poems made me laugh out loud. Gottlieb's poems ran the artistic gamut from brilliantly funny to achingly romantic to evisceratingly real. This is the kind of poetry that starts revolutions. This book is a pleasure. You will read it more than once.

There you are, sitting, stunned. Maybe you've read just a poem or two of hers on the web (search for her!). Maybe you've read all of her other book, Why Things Burn, already. Your hands are shaking. Your head is swishing back and forth. Cognitive dissonance is setting in. You need *more*!

That's why you buy this book.

Either that or you've done a web search for "Watch Your Tense and Case". Once you've read *that*, you'll understand why you absolutely *must* own the book that contains it *right now*.

I thoroughly enjoyed Gottlieb's second poetry collection "Why Things Burn" (which was a Lambda Literary Award nominee), and have been looking forward to reading "Pelt", and now I just don't know why I waited so long. Gottlieb's poetry is vibrant and succulent. This is poetry with tongue (sharp and biting, speaking truths, caressing and loving, devouring the reader in return). Covering topics from childhood to womanhood, from relationships to the world at large, "Pelt" is an amazing book exploring the true things in human experience.