When the Critic Sleeps

<p><strong>Does the critic ever sleep?</strong></p><p>The answer lies within the pages of this debut poetry collection as author Pear Urushima manages to escape her critic's watchful eye.</p><p></p><p>The poems in <em>When the Critic Sleeps</em> explore the edges of Urushima's life-some scary some peculiar some humorous. With a plainspoken heart-to-heart tone she confronts both her saboteur and the paranoia brought on by her persistent nitpicker.</p><p></p><p>Meant to be read in one sitting and revisited for inspiration <em>When the Critic Sleeps</em> offers an invitation to those seeking a quiet diversion from their own relentless niggling censors.</p><p></p><p><strong>About Slow Drum Press.</strong></p><p>This book humbly and proudly joins the category of poetry by Asian American authors. It also marks the first publication from Slow Drum Press a woman-owned small-business publisher based in California. Slow Drum Press was founded to create a library of uncommon stories poetry and prose for kind-hearted people from unique horizons.</p>