I just finished Maura Stanton's more recent collection of poetry, Immortal Sofa, and must definitely urge it for consideration on anyone's reading list. The poems are easily approachable, fun, and definitely full of life that only an experienced and gifted writer could give them. Stanton has good number of publications out, most of which I'm unfamiliar with. She is a graduate from Iowa's storied MFA program and does well in mixing form poetry together with story narrative sense. Stanton places the private world of domestic life into the forefront of this very public text. The collection is worth just for "Ode to Pokeweed" and the longer historical piece "The Tale of Herman Goertz." The later explores the life of the former WWII German Spy in an Irish police station. It's a fairly quick read, available from the Illinois University Press.
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