Paris Notebook

"Paris Notebook showcases a dreamy lyricism that nods now and then to the deep dark macabre: 'I stood on the threshold / below me lay a dead woman / in the shape of the day before.' Her poems are sensual, too, and open to the body and its beauties and horrors. Part of her lover's body 'bridges all the rivers and / halts at the midpoint of all the seas.' . . . There are whispers of exuberant despair - 'from now on nothing matters to me' - and haunting moments of truth - 'autumn like a swallowing flower'."-Nina MacLaughlin, Boston Globe

" Paris Notebook is not really about Paris, but a new search for security, peace, and love."-Ond?ej Macura

"A poem is, among other things, something that causes enchantment. in Paris Notebook, enchantment is an irrefutable principle by which images detach themselves from prosaic reality and move into the world of myths, prophecies, and fables. These poems reflect a sincere and spontaneous desire to go into the depths of one's body without being afraid of the animals and archetypes that reside there; to face one's own anxieties, instincts, and desires; and at the same time not to abandon lightness, playfulness, and enchantment." -Alena Meas