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A review by ohnoflora
Loop of Jade by Sarah Howe
5.0
Extraordinarily assured for a debut poetry collection. Erudite, learned, sometimes funny (in a wry, mouth pulled to the side kind of way) and often heart-breaking.
I love the way Howe explores her heritage through memory, through story and fable, through ancient and modern history, through analysis of calligraphy, through Borges and through koans. In Emily Dickinson's words, she tells the truth but tells it slant.
I love the way Howe explores her heritage through memory, through story and fable, through ancient and modern history, through analysis of calligraphy, through Borges and through koans. In Emily Dickinson's words, she tells the truth but tells it slant.