Maik Arnold's Reviews > The Body's Question

Tracy K. Smith's beautifully crafted debut collection lets the reader enter a new realm. The language is simplistic (meaning easily to follow) but still colloquial and sophisticated. It's rich in metaphors and images. All words possess great power and help to expand our language about the body as much more than a place of feelings, memories, experiences, dreams, etc. With other words, the reader can very much feel the moments that were put into each imaginary, such as in Five dreams of offspring. Her poems are fresh, individual, and modern. I very much recommend this collection and the audiobook (narrated by the author) to anyone who wants to enhance its 'body language'.