torch song tango choir (Camino del Sol)
"Whether she makes elegant sentences or atomizes syntax, whether she builds a crown of sonnets or scatters her brilliant phrasings across the open field of the page, Paegle's intellectual rigor is magnificently allied to song." --Mark Doty, author ofFire to Fire: New and Selected Poems"These torch songs sizzle and flare and cast twisting shadows that darken the pages of this remarkable debut with poems that are deeply thoughtful, culturally curious, environmentally aware, playfully lyrical, and wildly sexy." --Benjamin Percy, author ofThe Wilding"Beautifully, and with bold adventure, Julie Paegle imagines every single line of her poetry as a precipice, as a leap, and as an unabashed betrothal. Hers is a thrilling debut." --Donald Revell, author ofA Thief of Strings"She's among a handful of the finest poets of our generation." --Peter Covino, Director, Ocean State Summer Writing Conference & Read/Write Series