Review of The Brevity of Red
“The Brevity of Red is a book of poems that charts the landscape of grieving and of love. In the midst of a poem, in the heart of loss, this poet gestures to the sky, to the trees, graces us with the names of the flowers, and points out the birds. If hope has a muscle, call it poem and here's a collection that's alit from within.”
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“In poems that range from galaxies to mitochondria, from the brutalities of accident to the smiles of belugas, Jill MacLean's first book tracks an exhilarating sweep of lived experience. With image after image — whooping cranes feeding through holes in ice, the sound of a Tibetan singing bowl, "the small punches of your pulse" — MacLean views her world with clarity, compassion, and insight. Her craft is versatile, her language colourful as lupins, sharp as mint.”
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