Patricia Flaherty Pagan, author of Enduring Spirit
The flowing, ephemeral effects of poems like “Elegy for a Body,” compliment the emotional accessibility of explorations of modern women’s self-doubt such as “Self Portrait through an iPhone.” Clever and moving illustrations provide the perfect finishing touch to Walrath’s haunting collection. "In her debut chapbook, Glimmerglass Girl, Holly Walrath’s lyrical yet startling language explores the layered experiences of women. author of The Science of Unvanishing Objects Walrath's writing takes your breath away and then sucker punches you, but I mean this in the best possible way-these poems devastate, destruct, and then bring you back to life." In Glimmerglass Girl, the questions of how to be a woman and how to reconcile the different sides of our bodies and selves is brought into startling focus. "Washing the dishes, peeling an onion, wearing a bra, all these details of life become immersed in magic in Holly Lyn Walrath's gorgeous poems. Karen Bovenmyer, author of Swift for the Sun Just as I start to learn to roll over, to sit up, to stand-her layered, linked verse invents new ways for me to understand Walrath's lush verse winds around perceptions, challenging them, guiding them back, like a skilled hand guides a toddler. "Glimmerglass Girl elegantly captures a female journey eerily familiar, a reflection of me, or a lost relative to whom I have only now been introduced. Tonya Liburd, Senior Editor, Abyss & Apex "Glimmerglass Girl's beautiful verse pulls you in, entrances you and transports you. Odasso, Senior Poetry Editor, Strange Horizons Walrath challenges preconceived notions of feminine identity in these delicate, uncanny poems-and spares nobody, no body, in the process.”-A.J. “Glimmerglass Girl delights and chills the senses in equal measure, deceptively minute in its scope. Cassandra Rose Clarke, author of Star’s End, Our Lady of the Ice, and The Mad Scientist’s Daughter “An ethereal collection of emotional gut-punches-Walrath delves into the hidden depths of womanhood with poems at once violent and delicately beautiful.”
a collection of poetry and images that encourage readers to be more than they perceive themselves to be." -VIDA: Women in the Literary Arts an intersection between ethereal loftiness, humorous speculation, and poignant consideration.
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