Saint Monica
"It's a testimony to Biddinger's careful poetic crafting and deep understanding of the human psyche that what could start, for many, as an unwelcome trip, becomes a beautiful unfolding of empathy and compassion." --Melissa Studdard,The National Poetry Review"If Girard was right, and all desire, mimetic or not, is at its root metaphysical ('all desire is a desire to be'), Monica's growing awareness of self amid a backdrop of indoctrination is indeed a feat of imagination on behalf of her author..." --Virginia Konchan,The Rumpus