Reviews

Figuring by Anna Ross

snowmaiden's review against another edition

4.0

On a whim, I included this book in a recent order from this publisher. According to their website, it's not supposed to be released until May 24th, so I was a little surprised when it arrived in the mail last week! I'm not sure if they're ahead of schedule or if I was sent an advance copy for some reason. All I know is that I really enjoyed this book. Almost all the poems have titles starting with Self Portrait (for instance, "Self-Portrait with Catastrophe" and "Self-Portrait without Wings"), so I expected them to be putting the speaker front and center, but they really don't. Ross' idea of a self-portrait privileges her surroundings over her own thoughts and feelings. This creates a really unusual effect that I enjoyed working my way through.