Captivity
“One of the most accomplished lyric poets writing in America today…the music of Sheck’s language is never less than exquisite.”
—G.C. Waldrep, Boston Review
“Sheck follows Black Series with another bewitching collection… responding to American captivity narratives in a series of exquisite and haunting poems she calls ‘Removes,’ tracking a captive’s journey across a somber land and through a wilderness of feelings.”
—Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review)
“Captivity is nothing less than a cartography of the undiscovered self. And the project is made more ambitious by the purity of Sheck’s lyric. From the flashes of color that animate the mental landscape to the wind-shaken trees that figure for thought with its “thick wilderness of branchings” (“Rope-burn”), Sheck’s distillation and lightness of touch are wonderful.”
—Benjamin Grossberg Antioch review
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“These lyrics bring fresh insight out of numbness and joy out of sorrow.”
—The New Leader