Reviews
"This rich anthology tracks boomer girls from birth to, well, knowingness. . . . Their poems are about loss, loneliness, violence, and love. The writers in Boomer Girls touch themes that all generations experience but this generation can express for all of us-in ways that quietly bred Emily Dickinson, say, never could-what it is to be a girl baby, then adolescent, then woman growing up in America.." -Susan Stamberg, NPR'sAll Things Considered, "This rich anthology tracks boomer girls from birth to, well, knowingness. . . . Their poems are about loss, loneliness, violence, and love. The writers in Boomer Girls touch themes that all generations experience but this generation can express for all of us--in ways that quietly bred Emily Dickinson, say, never could--what it is to be a girl baby, then adolescent, then woman growing up in America.." --Susan Stamberg, NPR's All Things Considered, "This rich anthology tracks boomer girls from birth to, well, knowingness. . . . Their poems are about loss, loneliness, violence, and love. The writers in Boomer Girls touch themes that all generations experience but this generation can express for all of us-in ways that quietly bred Emily Dickinson, say, never could-what it is to be a girl baby, then adolescent, then woman growing up in America.." -Susan Stamberg, NPR's All Things Considered