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Praise for Cynthia Zarin

“Cynthia Zarin’s poems are as beautiful as anything being written today.” —Wayne Koestenbaum

“Cynthia Zarin knows that sometimes all that’s needed to raise ordinary speech to poetic richness is a single, right word.” —Ken Tucker, The New York Times Book Review

Praise for Orbit
“Read this book and J.M.W Turner comes to mind. . . in particular, his late stage work, when issues of craft have been long resolved, and what we see is pure feeling, sublime and urgent. Essential reading for those seeking magic on the page.” —Iris S. Rosenberg, Library Journal

Praise for The Ada Poems
“Cynthia Zarin caresses Time in these rich, sonorous, Lowellian poems that limn female desire, longing, and loss. Zarin uses the ardor of Ada to capture her Muse.” —Edward Hirsch

Praise for Fire Lyric
“Zarin’s marvelous gift for linguistic play, her gentle humor and her sheer delight in imaginative stanza form and rhyme punctuate this collection and provide a relief that serves to sharpen the reflective edge of the serious poetry.” —Robert Hosmer, The Southern Review

Praise for The Swordfish Tooth
“Cynthia Zarin makes a brilliant debut. She writes with grace, wit, and—for one so young—remarkably fastidious self-possession. In their sparkling flow and elegance these are poems that make me think of dance and flute-music.” —Stanley Kunitz