Sunday, October 17, 2010

Girl on a Bridge Reviewed in the Miami Herald!



Emma Trelles reviews poetry collections by Adrian Castro, Francisco Aragón, Brenda Cárdenas, John Murillo and yours truly in The Miami Herald.

Girl on a Bridge. Suzanne Frischkorn. Main Street Rag. 57 pages. $14 in paper.

While the title of this collection might imply despair, the poems are filled with a fierce wit and rueful sort of grace. Frischkorn writes about the envies and adventures of family life, hers as a young woman trolling city streets with her sister or spying on her brother's forays into first pleasures. Later, as a mother and wife, the Cuban-American poet is almost combustible as she reveals how time has only fanned her longing -- for a way to tame her child's anger, for the sharply angled body of her youth. Even a short drive to a nearby bridge pulled ``taut over the Hudson River'' becomes an ode to desire. Frischkorn often writes in form, using sonnets and subtle rhyme schemes. Her language is elegant, but the heart behind it burns.


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And make sure to check out the accompanying story: Contemporary Latino Poets Mix it Up


8 comments:

Jeannine said...

Congrats Suzanne!

Suzanne said...

Thanks, Jeannine! xo

Pam said...

How wonderful! Congratulations. BTW, that anthology is great. I went to a panel discussion at Poets House in NYC when it was first published.

Suzanne said...

Thanks, Pam! I love that anthology -- I bought it as soon as it was released. xo

Wendy Wisner said...

Amazing, Suzanne! Love it.

Suzanne said...

Thanks, Wendy! xo

Radish King said...

YAY! And well deserved.
xo

Suzanne said...

Thanks, Rebecca! xo