Glamoury

59 vividly haunting poems by Susan Sheppard. When I first read the poems of a young woman from Appalachia thirty years ago I knew she was one of the best poets I'd ever met. I never forgot the brooding witchcraft the mystery and magic in her work. There's no writer like Susan Sheppard. She writes like a woman who has nothing to lose and I place her at the top of poetry's canon. It is the world's fault that a Sheppard poetry book is not in our libraries. Every page of Glamoury is rich resolving to bring truth to life with language smoldering ready to burst into flame. I read this book and feel lucky to know a poet who keeps poetry alive. This is the book of the year. -Grace Cavalieri Maryland Poet Laureate