Read what the reviews say about
Whatever Shines by Kathleen McGookey, 2001.
The Marie Alexander Poetry Series,
White
Pine Press, P.O. Box 236, Buffalo, NY,
14201. $14.95, paper.
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Roy
Seeger, Third Coast, Fall 2003
"...a collection of poetry that, by dismantling romantic
preconceptions, examines our daily need to believe in fate."
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Jackie
White, Rhino Reads, Rhino 2003
"This collection, subtitled "Prose Poems," includes stanzaic poems
- even a sonnet - as well, and the shifting between poetic forms supports
the recurrent motifs of change, of the unexpected, of being called to
re-vision what we see, of examining our wants and longings"
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| Mark Tursi, Denver Quarterly (Vol 37, N0. 3, 2002)
"...the notion of 'the confessional' has taken on a new shine that
lights up the numerous possibilities of writing from, what seems, a deeply
personal impulse." Read the whole
review
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| Beth Martinelli, Mid-American Review (Vol.
22, No. 2).
"Kathleen McGookey's first book of poetry is luminous and
fearlessly intelligent."
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| Tom Dvorske, Cimarron Review, Fall 2002
"...Whatever Shines, leaves one with the
feeling of a gradual lift-off, then a settling in as the plane levels and
the flood of subconscious memories..."
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| Louis McKee, American
Book Review, Sept/Oct 2002
"...McGookey is a fresh voice, an innovative and daring poet who is
worth our attention..."Read
the whole review
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