The Verbs of Desiring

Kathy Fagan, final judge of the New American Press Spring 2009 Chapbook Contest: "In Renee Ashley's poems, all parts of speech behave as verbs, each one freighted with desire. Hers is work abuzz with existence, action, and occurrence. I love the surprising textural variety here, the heady music. Via linguistic experiment and complex emotional investigation, Ashley has created a poetry possessing vivid, necessary knowledge."