Critical Praise

With the roughened beauty of subverted and torqued form, Laura Glen Louis gives us her “jet jewels,” this collection of elegies and laments. Hers is a music that flirts with and then—in stanza after stanza—bypasses tradition. In doing so, she proves her own prosodic dictum: “For honoring the dead there are no rules.” Her only rule is that of an evocative, resonant line.

—Paulann Petersen, author of A Bride of Wild Escape

"Fascinating! Of all places, it's through death's window that Ms. Louis brings her characters vividly to life -- with humanity and mystery -- using a veritable blitz of techniques: ambiguities, gnomic allusions, oblique lines, syncopated rhythms, all sprinkled with everyday images and an occasional, gratifying burst into crisp, passionate lyrics."

—Clive Matson, author of Chalcedony's Songs

Laura Glen Louis approaches the topic of death fearlessly and with something akin to love. Whether friend or foe, death is ultimately the prism through which our lives are most clearly viewed. Some, Like Elephants is a book of tremendous nerve and beauty.

—Zoe FitzGerald Carter, author of Imperfect Endings

Praise for Talking in the Dark

“Fierce and astringent...” —New York Times

“...stunning...” —Library Journal

“...archetypal...” —Poets & Writers

“...an elegant, effective beauty...”—Kirkus Reviews

“...mesmerizes...”—Hartford Courant

Some, like elephants
By Laura Glen Louis

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$15.00
ISBN 978-0-9795285-4-5

El León;
Forthcoming, May, 2010
Poetry

Biography

Author of Talking in the Dark, a Barnes & Noble Discover book, and recipient of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize for short fiction, Laura Glen Louis has had work included in Best American Short Stories. This is her first book of poems.

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http://www.lauraglenlouis.com