wine for a shotgun

Marty McConnell s Wine for a Shotgun is a collection of rock and roll epistles written from the interior mind to the harlequin citizens of the multiverse. All our static notions of man-woman, eros and mathematics are undone and remade into these boisterous, gutsy, and loving poems. I get the sense McConnell might put her poetic fist through glass and steel if there were a heart worth touching on the other side. It s about time this book came out. It s one I ve been waiting for. Patrick Rosal I defy you to read the first three poems in wine for a shotgun and not want to hold Marty McConnell close, forever. Norman Lear Marty McConnell is a revelatory spirit, seemingly unaware of her absolute mastery of light and lyric and her enviable ability to sway her readers with a dizzying meld of grace, ferocity, and staggering insight. This is revolutionary work exquisitely crafted, with an addictive narrative flow that snares and enthralls. Once you ve entered these pages, you will know where poetry is headed. And you will be changed. Patricia Smith Marty McConnell is utterly fearless. She ll tell you gentle truths with great lyric imagination and she ll tell the harder truths with fire-hardened honesty rare in contemporary poetry. Thomas Lux