- The
- UK
- debut
- of
- a
- celebrated
- American
- poet
- whose
- work
- is
- as
- lyrical
- as
- it
- is
- radical.Foxglovewise
- is
- complex
- but
- inviting,
- profound
- but
- wry.
- It
- is
- firmly
- contemporary
- while
- also
- being
- in
- lively
- conversation
- with
- deep
- histories:
- 'Where
- do
- stargazers
- go
- in
- a
- city
- of
- light?'
- Mlinko
- takes
- us
- from
- a
- Scottish
- cemetery
- to
- a
- mangrove
- in
- Florida
- via
- a
- supercell
- storm
- in
- Texas.
- Along
- the
- way,
- her
- use
- of
- form
- and
- rhyme
- is
- as
- light
- as
- it
- is
- enlightening
- as
- she
- probes
- our
- all-too-human
- nature
- and
- pays
- careful
- attention
- to
- the
- quiet
- marvels
- to
- be
- found
- by
- looking
- carefully
- at
- right
- where
- we
- happen
- to
- be.'Mlinko
- is
- rarely
- less
- than
- dazzling
- thanks
- to
- the
- pleasure
- and
- rigor
- of
- her
- phrasing.
- .
- .
- layered,
- allusive,
- and
- intelligent
- poems.
- .
- .
- .
- There
- is
- a
- moving
- and
- unignorable
- sense
- of
- grief
- and
- loss
- beneath
- the
- surface,
- in
- an
- expertly
- managed
- balance
- with
- the
- luster
- of
- the
- vocabulary
- and
- music
- of
- these
- poems.'
- Publishers
- Weekly
- (starred
- review)'Mlinko
- delivers
- again
- on
- the
- promise
- of
- a
- richly
- rewarding
- smorgasbord
- of
- sound,
- image,
- feeling,
- and
- thought.'
- Diego
- Báez,
- Booklist'Image-rich
- [with]
- densely
- discursive
- textures
- [...]
- This
- is
- a
- big
- and
- imposing
- book,
- worldly
- wise
- but
- warmly
- open
- and
- giving.'
- David
- Wheatley,
- Guardian,
- Best
- Recent Poetry
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