Julie R. Enszer, reviews Chocolate Water's forthcoming collection "the woman who wouldn't shake hands" for "Lamda Literary Review." Poets Wear Prada in conjunction with Eggplant Press will publish groundbreaking feminist writer Chocolate Waters's first new book in over three decades this Fall.
"... The thirty-one poems in the 'woman who wouldn’t shake hands' (Poets Wear Prada) are short. At times pithy, at times wise, Waters is always a performer. The poems of this collection are carefully-timed with tricky meters and hidden surprises that emerge when you read them aloud. Some of the poems are bon mots in the tradition of Dorothy Parker, if she were speaking openly about lesbianism. Other poems echo Gertrude Stein’s play with language, though Waters, unlike Stein, is concerned with concision ... ," writes Enszer.
To read Enszer's complete review online visit:
http://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/08/24/the-woman-who-wouldn%E2%80%99t-shake-hands-by-chocolate-waters-and-bad-wife-spankings-by-valerie-wetlaufer/
Author-signed copies of the books can be pre-ordered for $14 ($12 list price + $2 S&H) by check or postal order made out to Chocolate Waters from:
Eggplant Press, 415 W. 44th. St., Suite 7, New York, NY 10036 (USA).
or from Poets Wear Prada:
PayPal: roxy533 at myway dot com
Mail Orders: Poets Wear Prada, c/o Roxanne Hoffman, 533 Bloomfield St., 2nd Floor, Hoboken, NJ 07030 (USA)
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the woman who wouldn't shake hands by Chocolater Waters ISBN 978-0935060096 Soft Cover, Perfect Bound 46pp. $12.00 Release Date: Fall 2010 |
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