“Smallen deftly uses the heartbreaking power of plain language” Elizabeth Hoover, Minneapolis Star Tribune. http://www.startribune.com/reviews-6-books-of-poetry-heid-erdrich-su-smallen-todd-boss-chris-santiago-diane-glancy-amy-munson/420020103/?fbclid=IwAR0ErgT_OAW4__2FCN64PcdaAXUo5aKw_63b4J7v0zdwQAPegI2nNnniZIU
In Buddha, Proof “Smallen succeeds in introducing major concepts of Buddhism in a way that is welcoming, approachable and full of joy.” Elizabeth Hoover, Minneapolis Star Tribune. Full review here:
http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/254786411.html
“Su Smallen writes with resonant clarity and a common sense informed by art, science, and spiritual practice. The self in these poems is a process not a thing. ‘The poem is both a particle and a wave,’ she writes, and proves it with work that beautifully marries attention and evanescence. [Weight of Light]’s Afterword is an elegant, lyrical and clear-headed reflection on poetry written in a hybrid form, part poetry and part essay, and entirely compelling.” –Alison Hawthorne Deming, author of Rope and Genius Loci
“Su Smallen’s work has a decidedly ‘made’ feeling about it, expertly crafted and by turns joyful and elegiac–always full of the wonderment and strangeness of life.” –Steve Mueske, Editor, author of Slower Than Stars
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