Monthly Archives: December 2013

Megan Burns reviews door of thin skins: “Poetry is fiction that is born from truth…” //  “What unlocks the unlocked voice? Can it be simply said or is the space that poetry inhabits, a space that teaches us to see … Continue reading →

Organizational principles. Shira Dentz’s door of thin skins has a few. Persona. Metaphor. Hearts. Birds. Diagrams. What Dentz does so well in this collection is to connect then turn inside-out these organizations. Nicole Walker reviews door of thin skins here

The brilliance of Door of Thin Skins lies not only in the narrative, but also in the way Shira Dentz stretches and fractures language, not just to report on damage, but to enact damage, trauma and the mind’s desperate attempt … Continue reading →