Spar (Iowa Poetry Prize)
“From Volkman I have learned there is another thing—profound and simple and beautiful—to say.”  --Allen Grossman, author of How to Do Things with Tears“Volkman’s poems sear us with their passion... quintessentially lyrical—blood-raw, soul-stinging, torqued by their forcefulness. A riveting, fresh, collection.”  --BooklistVolkman convincingly melds her engagement with the ludic quality of words with the marvelously chaotic commerce of the natural world. --Publisher's Weekly, April 29, 2002a lyrical torque so polished, it borders on obsessive-compulsive ... the best of contradictions, coupling tradition with ...  sardonic uncertainty.  --Village Voice Literary Supplement, Spring 2002