The Book of Qualities
"A bright new talent whose work is at once reminiscent of James Thurber's drawings, Italo Calvino'sInvisible Cities,Edmund Spenser'sThe Faerie Queene,and Zen koans." --Art Kliener, San Francisco Bay Guardian"Ruth Gendler has discovered a way to give new meaning and immediacy to familiar words. Her brief meta-definitions sing, dance, and sometimes cry." --George Leonard, author ofThe Silent Pulse"The Qualities are wise and whimsical and express truth in a very personal way." --Jean Bolen, author ofGoddesses in Every Woman