Synopses & Reviews
Review
"Following a trajectory from apocalypse to redemption, Story Line press founder Robert McDowell's third collection invites readers to go 'into the writing where anything/ Can happen.'...McDowell appeals to grace in part as a response to violence, as in his depiction of working in a slaughterhouse...or in three blank-verse monologues that witness, among other things, violence against women." Publisher's Weekly
Review
"His new poems constitute quite an advance beyond The Diviners (1995), his previous book of poetry, a long narrative, engaging but sketchy in characterization and rather bleached in description. These are more vivid, meatier poems....Very impressive." Ray Olson, Booklist