“This poet has the kind of binocular vision that can see the poetic and scientific aspects of the world simultaneously. . . . this shuffling together of lyrical/botanical and medical language is done so gracefully, it has the effect of bringing ‘the two cultures’ into a rare state of peaceful coexistence.”
“This poet has the kind of binocular vision that can see the poetic and scientific aspects of the world simultaneously. . . . this shuffling together of lyrical/botanical and medical language is done so gracefully, it has the effect of bringing ‘the two cultures’ into a rare state of peaceful coexistence.”
“This poet has the kind of binocular vision that can see the poetic and scientific aspects of the world simultaneously. . . . this shuffling together of lyrical/botanical and medical language is done so gracefully, it has the effect of bringing ‘the two cultures’ into a rare state of peaceful coexistence.”
—Billy Collins
Laura McCullough's book Speech Acts lives up to its title--so many of these poems take as their starting point the social occasion of a speaker wondering how to talk--naughty or nice-like?, over-educated, or heartfelt? The results are bright with velocity, lexical intelligence, and a distinctive fusion of headiness and carnality. McCullough's poems are manic, humane, and crackle with what the Reverend Marvin Gaye would have called "textual healing."
Laura McCullough's book Speech Acts lives up to its title--so many of these poems take as their starting point the social occasion of a speaker wondering how to talk--naughty or nice-like?, over-educated, or heartfelt? The results are bright with velocity, lexical intelligence, and a distinctive fusion of headiness and carnality. McCullough's poems are manic, humane, and crackle with what the Reverend Marvin Gaye would have called "textual healing."
Laura McCullough's book Speech Acts lives up to its title--so many of these poems take as their starting point the social occasion of a speaker wondering how to talk--naughty or nice-like?, over-educated, or heartfelt? The results are bright with velocity, lexical intelligence, and a distinctive fusion of headiness and carnality. McCullough's poems are manic, humane, and crackle with what the Reverend Marvin Gaye would have called "textual healing."
— Tony Hoagland