PACES THE CAGES*an D. Henry Smith S*an D. Henry Smith's second full length book of poems, Paces the Cage, lifts off from their previous book by expanding an already queered language to near breaking point. Through the complexities of Henry Smith's personal experiences and the use of a poetically fragmented voice, the literal and metaphorical are remixed in real time. Henry Smith's occasional inclusion of ambient sounds, stage directions, lighting cues and an

Rijneveld levert een bijzonder frisse en eigentijdse bloemlezing af

and gorging on language

But his poems are never indulgent and tend to move from doubt to recommitment

Alan Gilbert

He selected the poems himself from volumes covering more than four decades

- Joyelle McSweeney

settler – on a roadtrip through American landscapes

Hilda Hilst

maar geven ook blijk van een diep verlangen naar eenzaamheid

and she is presently completing a PhD in comparative literature at NYU

he provides an unwhite (and unwhiting) take not only on the things that are but on language as it reaches out to them

In Balts verbindt Luuk Gruwez de beslissende momenten die geboorte en dood markeren – zij het niet noodzakelijk op een deprimerende manier