Sorority of Stillness

<p><em>Sorority of Stillness: A Gallery of Women in Art </em>is a collection of ekphrastic poems that imaginatively enter into conversation with paintings and sculptures of girls and women. These poems consider the ways that art celebrates women and how that is expressed differently by artists of different genders and cultures. Questions of oppression and freedom are raised here as are the ways that art leads us into spiritual questions. Many excellent poems have emerged from the current intense interest in ekphrastic poetry but I would argue that few if any poets have imbued this species of poem with as much native force and feeling to say nothing of intellectual acuity as has Judith Sornberger. (Clif Mason)</p>