The Pact
Jennifer Militello is one of the finest poets of her generation, an immensely original poet who has enriched American literature since her first book. —Charles Simic
Jennifer Militello is one of the finest poets of her generation, an immensely original poet who has enriched American literature since her first book. —Charles Simic
What a beautiful book of songs, pacts, spells, love poems, chants, pledges, odes! --Ilya Kaminsky
Knock Wood is an absolute wonder, and Jennifer Militello is at the top of her form.Andre Dubus III, author of Townie and The House of Sand and Fog
Winner of the Dzanc Books Nonfiction Prize.
[T]he collection is largely an exquisite example of the modern gothic...and positively bewitching.Publishers Weekly
Militello’s poems stun and stupefy, goad and galvanize, illuminate and mystify. The Rumpus
Named one of the best books of 2013 by Best American Poetry and Thethe Poetry.
Jennifer Militello’s Flinch of Song simply astounds.Christina Cook, Poets Quarterly
Winner of the Tupelo Press First Book Prize.
Enclosed here are surprising and mysterious messages, urgently uttered, and well worth listening for.Kathy Fagan