HIGHWAYMAN'S WIFE, THE

With this second book of poems, Lynnell Edwards establishes a strong reputation not only as a poet of gargantuan love for life and the world her persona’s live and breath, but as a consummate master craftsperson . . . this is an exuberant, lust-for-life inundated collection that makes for an intoxicating tapestry of voices and landscapes . . . from California to Kentucky.  Her poems show great maturity, elegance, and above all an incredible grace for language and gift of detail.  I could not put this book down for fear of stopping her song . . . to read this book is to fall in love with the world all over again. — Virgil Suarez