Something in the Potato Room

“These haunting snippets, with their startling and relentless narrative, hung tough in my consciousness …like nothing I'd ever experienced before. It was sparse and stunning, an addictive cinema that unwound with a lyrical and dramatic certainty. I was committed to its sound, its unerring craft and, above all, the story I just couldn't shake. I'd like to thank this poet, whoever she is, for twisting my perspective and shoving me outside my comfort zone, for showing me how poems can enter the body and take root.”—Patricia Smith