This is a short collection of poems by Deborah Garrison, it was originally published in 1998. Garrison sounds like a very interesting woman, worked at The New Yorker as part of their editorial staff, and now poetry editor at Knopf and senior editor at Pantheon Books.

These poems are inspired by her own experiences, it is clear after reading a bit if her bio. They touch subjects as grief, professional life as a female from an interesting sort of dual perspective, which is her same approach to married life and juggling her various responsibilities as a female/wife/professional/mom.

Unapologetic, fleeting feelings put down on paper, everyday flat thoughts vs well thought out pieces. It was a funny, frustrating, emphatic Sunday read.