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Think of the World as a Mirror Maze
Think of the World as a Mirror Maze is a ruthless foray into the hazards of family life, from being a child to having a child and the devastating love in between. Vance approaches the familiar with curveball imagery, uncommon language, and devastating honesty, leaving the reader astonished at the new visions of shared familial experience.
66 pages, Paperback
Published June 21, 2019
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November 21, 2019
These poems are dope. Vance is an author to watch. If you like the surreal, the dark, the magical, you will love Think of the World as a Mirror Maze. The language is filled with powerful imagery and lyrical turns of phrase that surprise and please. If you love poetry, read this!
November 21, 2019
Stellar book; would highly recommend to readers of hybrid poetry!
July 19, 2019
When I read the first few lines of THINK OF THE WORLD AS A MIRROR MAZE, I immediately found myself surrendering to the raw, emotional experience of Vance's poetry.
In the opening poem, "Dream Poem About Matricide," Vance writes:
Two women identical to your mother
stand in the doorway of your room.
A strange man -- maybe God, maybe
Satan, says
one is your real mother,
the other an imposter.
Vance's debut collection is absolutely brilliantly crafted exploration of family, womanhood, and forging one's identity through childhood. Vance so fearlessly examines how we reconcile the many, at times conflicting and contradictory, impulses and layers inside ourselves. Every page is filled with arresting emotional intensity and language that is a joy to explore.
"I am trying to knock down this wall without knocking down myself," Vance proclaims in another poem. She not only succeeds in doing so, she knocks down the walls between reader and writer while she's at it. Her writing would appeal to fans of Carmen Maria Machado and Roxane Gay. I'm eagerly looking forward to any future books from this writer!
In the opening poem, "Dream Poem About Matricide," Vance writes:
Two women identical to your mother
stand in the doorway of your room.
A strange man -- maybe God, maybe
Satan, says
one is your real mother,
the other an imposter.
Vance's debut collection is absolutely brilliantly crafted exploration of family, womanhood, and forging one's identity through childhood. Vance so fearlessly examines how we reconcile the many, at times conflicting and contradictory, impulses and layers inside ourselves. Every page is filled with arresting emotional intensity and language that is a joy to explore.
"I am trying to knock down this wall without knocking down myself," Vance proclaims in another poem. She not only succeeds in doing so, she knocks down the walls between reader and writer while she's at it. Her writing would appeal to fans of Carmen Maria Machado and Roxane Gay. I'm eagerly looking forward to any future books from this writer!
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