The Deep Heart's Core is a Suitcase

The shape-shifting realms of longing are fitful setting for local genius. But here, in Lisa Fishmans beautiful first collection of poems, is where for the love of the world we find ourselves. As a reader, I could say I see in these poems a devotion approaching to love, if love ever stayed still enough to take a linguistic reading of. The poet sees much more, though. Theres possibly no harder stance for the young poet to take up than one of love and longing. . . William Olsen, from the foreword