In Songs of Chaos, Suter twists familiar happenings into unknown paths, crafting a compelling narrative that can plunge the reader into a secretive darkness (as in "Under the Lighthouse," "Marionet...view moreIn Songs of Chaos, Suter twists familiar happenings into unknown paths, crafting a compelling narrative that can plunge the reader into a secretive darkness (as in "Under the Lighthouse," "Marionette," or "The Stone Garden"), while at the same time illuminating the themes of courage and resilience. At times darkly humorous, and at others filled with anguish or gleaming in sudden blazes of unbound happiness, these poems and poetic proses
bear a rare veracity that is bound to remain with the reader long after having finished the book.
- Federica Santini, author of Io era una bella figura una
volta, and editor of Deconstructing the Model in 20th
and 21st-Century Italian Experimental Writings
Strong invention and pleasurable music await
readers of this book of poems. The experience
will lead the reader through many pathways
and byways of sound and sense; and, though
their coordinates may not easily materialize
later, there will be no forgetting the memory
of a progress through strange, even haunt-
ing soundscapes.
- Al Shoaf, author of Language to Live In
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