Poetry. Cathy Eisenhower's third book takes you somewhere you've never been before and you're never quite sure where that is. Carol Mirakove said, "Eisenhower's premonitions are rife with elliptical magic & profound intelligence 'as a day is, repeatedly lifted.' WOULD WITH AND ignites my love for poetry & makes me want to make more of it: 'think (that) you speak along the tongue telling nothing.'" And Rod Smith asks, "How write when everything's a mystery? Existence? It's weird stuff. Other people? Forget about it. Your quote self unquote. Good luck with that. We're left with flashes of clarity and long bouts of illegibility, often mistaking one for the other. Within this conundrum Cathy Eisenhower's would with and knows time. All, & the specifics: 'flying from tree / to previous tree.'"

Author Hometown: Washington, DC USA



About the author: Cathy Eisenhower is a poet-librarian living in Washington, DC. She runs the interrupting cow, a chapbook press, and translates the work of Argentine poet Diana Bellessi. She co-curates the In Your Ear reading series at the District of Columbia Arts Center.

Reviews:
http://booksofpoetry.blogspot.com/2009/10/1-i-want-to-begin-to-be-regarded-as-war.html