POETRY — MARY-ALICE DANIEL

THE YALE REVIEW

AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW

BROOKLYN POETS

BRITTLE PAPER

THIS IS 'FLOWERS OF EVIL' FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. BUCKLE UP.

— RAE ARMANTROUT
A STRIKING DEBUT... ECLECTICALLY RIGOROUS POEMS REVERBERATE WITH A PLATHIAN EDGE AND EAR.

— THE POETRY FOUNDATION
A GROUND-BREAKING, EARTH-SHAKING COLLECTION BY A POET POSSESSED WITH UNCANNY POWERS.

— LAURA KASISCHKE
MARY-ALICE DANIEL INVENTS HER OWN FORM OF CHURCH... POEMS LOCATE HELL ON EARTH.

— LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS
ASTONISHING. THESE PSALMS OF PASSAGE SEEM TO HAVE BEEN SENT FROM A SOOTHSAYER IN SOME FUTURE WORLD.

— DAVID ST. JOHN
CHALLENGING. DELIGHTFUL. WORLDS MOVE WITH A LYRICAL JEST OF FANTASTIC LEAPING.

— YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA
PERFECTED BY RUIN... THE POET DERVISHES THROUGH HER EXHIBIT, THE MUSEUM OF WORLD CULTURE.

— GREGORY PARDLO
FEVERED BRILLIANCE, TABOO-BREAKING TRANSGRESSIONS... ONE OF THE TRULY EXCITING NEW VOICES IN POETRY.

— KWAME DAWES
THE CENTER WOBBLES, THREATENING TO UNDO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT... DANIEL IS DOING REMARKABLE WORK.

— CHAPTER 16
HAUNTING AS A GHOST STORY WHISPERED OVER THE CRACKLE OF A BONFIRE.

— THE SOUTHERN REVIEW OF BOOKS
SAVAGE

— ANONYMOUS

INSIDE DREAMSCAPES, HELLSCAPES, & LURID LANDSCAPES, POEMS ENGINEER CONTROLLED CHAOS.

MARY-ALICE DANIEL CONFRONTS TRICONTINENTAL CULTURE SHOCK—ADMIXING SUPERSTITION, EVANGELICAL PROPAGANDA, & CULT MEDIA.

ACTIVATED BY MYTHIC SYSTEMS & MASS RITUALS, THIS COLLECTION ANIMATES AN ODD ORGANISM.

YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS 2023

THIS IS 'FLOWERS OF EVIL' FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. BUCKLE UP.