Uncommon Grammar Cloth stretches the
imaginings & musings of the unsuspecting
reader. Refreshing in its unpredictability, its
fascinating "moves," Cheryl Pallant's book is a
strong debut on the post-post-modern stage.
--Anne Waldman, author of Vow to Poetry
Cheryl Pallant's first book is written in
continuous, prose-like "paragraphs" but with the
rhythmic attentiveness of the finest verse.
"Reality is unfinished business," wrote poet
Charles Olson, and these poems seem to say it
is the Poet's business to make sure -- in spite of
all temptations to bring meaning to closure --
that it stays that way!
--Charles Stein, author of The Hat Rack Tree
Weaving words with rare energy and skill, Cheryl
Pallant's Uncommon Grammar Cloth joins the
increasing number of contemporary cross-genre
works that return writing to "writing" in ways both
old and new, reviving the tradition harking back
to Sterne and Stein, refusing to be boxed in as
either "poetry" or "prose": "extreme of
stratospheric glee," "thanks and welcome and
arrivederci and Pontiac and rutabaga"-- yes,
right, and Onward!
--Anselm Hollo, author of Braided River: New
and Selected Poems
imaginings & musings of the unsuspecting
reader. Refreshing in its unpredictability, its
fascinating "moves," Cheryl Pallant's book is a
strong debut on the post-post-modern stage.
--Anne Waldman, author of Vow to Poetry
Cheryl Pallant's first book is written in
continuous, prose-like "paragraphs" but with the
rhythmic attentiveness of the finest verse.
"Reality is unfinished business," wrote poet
Charles Olson, and these poems seem to say it
is the Poet's business to make sure -- in spite of
all temptations to bring meaning to closure --
that it stays that way!
--Charles Stein, author of The Hat Rack Tree
Weaving words with rare energy and skill, Cheryl
Pallant's Uncommon Grammar Cloth joins the
increasing number of contemporary cross-genre
works that return writing to "writing" in ways both
old and new, reviving the tradition harking back
to Sterne and Stein, refusing to be boxed in as
either "poetry" or "prose": "extreme of
stratospheric glee," "thanks and welcome and
arrivederci and Pontiac and rutabaga"-- yes,
right, and Onward!
--Anselm Hollo, author of Braided River: New
and Selected Poems
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