Reviews

Facts About the Moon by Dorianne Laux

p_tremuloides's review

4.0

4.5

As with so many collections, I loved a lot of these poems, and then a few I couldn't finish. But Laux's poetry captures so many moments of just being in life, without (generally) being especially sentimental about any of it, and that's part of what I love about her poetry.

elliotvanz's review

4.0

This is a lovely collection. A lot of the poems center on the mundane and nature, which resonated with me. And while these poems are astute and lyrical, they are also accessible. I'd recommend this to both those just dipping their toes into reading poetry, and to long time readers who like grounded and earthy works.


Book #4 for 2013

featherbooks's review

4.0

"Forget us. We don't deserve the moon"
My copy of this book is littered with blue sticky notes. So many of Laux's poems speak to me even during these weeks of quarantine when my attention span quivers and fails. The Life of Trees, Little Magnolia, Cello, Tonight I Am in Love...I read them aloud over and over again.

askannakarenina's review

4.0

I saw Dorianne Laux give a reading of some of these poems at a speaker series at UVA, and she was fabulous. These poems have great voice and are unique and moving, especially the poem "Gasoline" (which is actually not in this collection but is a great poem).

"What's reality/if not a long exhaustive cringe/from the blade, the teeth?"- "The Life of Trees"