Shattered Sonnets, Love Cards, and Other Off and Back Handed Importunities

"[ ] breathes life into American verse . . . [an] urgent and unrepentant collection."—Rick Moody, "This convulsive book [ ]—at times funny, at times sick at heart—refracts and defends a wondrous light."—Edward Hirsch Olena Kalytiak Davis's has earned "cult classic" status and is an unremittingly electrifying collection brimming with intelligence, humor, and ardor. Drawing on an impressive array of forebears including Emily Dickinson, Gertrude Stein, and Sylvia Plath, Davis overhauls the sonnet and revitalizes the confessional style in poems that leave no convention unquestioned, no expectation unthwarted, no letter, spelling, or line break unconsidered. is the author of three books of poetry and currently works as a lawyer in Anchorage, Alaska.