Reviews:

In this stunningly evocative collection, Pinckney asks us to negotiate those liminal spaces between land and sea, self and other, conscious and unconscious. Soon the boundaries begin to dissolve and we find ourselves drifting in a lyrical world of unexpected and magical places. There is as much delightful humor throughout these pages as there is heartbreaking gravity."
- Cathy Smith Bowers, North Carolina Poet Laureate

At the coastal intersection of make believe and family narrative there is a restless, playful, and soulful intelligence at work. This beautifully crafted collection is a tide pool of palpable joy and wistful loss, populated with conjured folk, marsh and mer creatures, invisible rails, fishermen, and more churches than God could ask for."
- Roger Weingarten, Author of ten collections of poetry, including "Premature Elegy by Firelight" and "Ghost Wrestling: Poems"

Acutely observant, lyrical, meditative, sometimes wry, these poems cast their spell over watery vistas seen with a level yet affectionate gaze. Her recollections, their shifting colors and music, show Pinckney at the top of her form."
- Colette Inez, Author of nine poetry collections, including "Spinoza Doesn’t Come Here Anymore" and memoir, "The Secret of M. Dulong", Guggenheim Fellow, 1985

About the Author:

Diana Pinckney is the award-winning author of three previous books of poetry. Her work has been widely published in literary journals and anthologies, including Atlanta Review, Calyx, Cave Wall, Green Mountains Review, Kalliope, RHINO, Tar River Poetry. She is the 2010 winner of the Ekphrasis prize.

A five-time Pushcart Prize nominee, Pinckney has been a featured reader in the Sundown Series for the Piccolo Spoleto Arts Festival, The Blumenthal Writers and Readers Series, the Sensoria Literary Festival and the Charleston Public Library Literary Series. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina where she teaches poetry at the Cornwell Center.