This is not poetry for the faint of heart. Ranson-Polizzotti's prose reads, as noted in the introduction, like Truman Capote's "Breakfast at Tiffany's" meets "In Cold Blood." There are echoes here of the New York School poets -- Ashbery, Ginsberg, to name a few -- yet Yeats and Whitman bubble to the surface as do other influences -- notably Nabokov, all combining to create a work that is wholly Ranson's own. Two of these poems were released with New Amsterdam Records and were widely reviewed and featured on NPRs All Things Considered as part of The Words Project. This is, to quote the Hartford Courant, "A sensual delight."
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"The word that immediately comes to mind is "sensual." Ranson-Polizzotti's poems are alive with the possibilities of the senses - of touching, of tasting, the joy of sight, the pleasures of taste - even in the absence of the spoken word. How sweetly ironic that the two people in "Such Fruit" don't say a single word." --Richard Kamins, The Hartford Courant
"Sadi brings an unyielding, sometimes self-lacerating honesty, a poet's ear, a critic's eye, and a literary mind to everything she writes. That she touches readers in so many ways is no coincidence." --Eric Olsen, Publisher, Blogcritics
"Sadi brings an unyielding, sometimes self-lacerating honesty, a poet's ear, a critic's eye, and a literary mind to everything she writes. That she touches readers in so many ways is no coincidence." --Eric Olsen, Publisher, Blogcritics
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It helps to know that Ranson-Polizzotti's father is the trophy cup-winner & owner of the world's only unrestored top condition racing "Guiletta" by Alfa Romeo. Now imagine driver as poet. Pushing her craft to the very limit. Putting herself, heart and soul, on the line. Dedicated. Risk-taking. Fearless. Inspiring. Sensual. Passionate. And absolutely thrilling for spectators who could never, ever, be so nakedly honest and open about their own deepest emotions. Ranson has been widely published in myriad literary journals including The Harvard Review, Ex Libris, The Boston Globe, myriad others. Her work in Jason Schinder's anthology, "Faith and Fiction," was a Book of the Month Club selection and is a course adoption at many universities.
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