<p>Lindsey Royce has given us a beautifully observed book of love and remembrance loss and endurance. You will be moved. You might even be changed. It is shining with life (Luis Alberto Urrea). <span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This is poetry that touches and transports which is what we expect from the art; the difference in </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Book of John</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is the generosity with which the poet nourishes our creativity inspiring us to sing-renewed!-in our own voices. Lindsey Royce serves us our communion feast with her sublime poetry inviting us Break bread with me then- / Make merry drink my wine. </span>(Aliki Barnstone)</p>