My review of Julie Kane's latest poetry book
 

My review of Julie Kane's latest poetry book, Mothers of Ireland, has been published at Valparaiso Poetry Review:

https://www.valpo.edu/valparaiso-poe...22/01/01/3148/

Susan

Hi Susan,

Great review; and I'm going to buy the book. I think my mum might enjoy it too. She's a fan of form and we have a lot of connections to Ireland.

Best wishes,
Fliss

Fliss, I hope you and your mother enjoy the book. If you both like form and poems about Ireland, there is a good chance you will.

Susan

That's a nicely done review, Susan. I've been meaning to buy one of Julie's books for a while now, and just ordered this one.

That's great news, Andrew. Reviewing is ideally a kind of matchmaking, bringing together good books and the readers who are most likely to enjoy them.

Susan

Mothers of Ireland is fierce, unsparing family portraiture. Julie Kane's Paper Bullets is a volume of light verse at its smartest and funniest. This is a poet with range like the Starship Enterprise. Thank you, Susan, for introducing her to some appreciative new readers.

Thanks, Chris. I agree with you that Paper Bullets is very funny and that it is the rare poet who can do comedy and tragedy equally well.

Susan