PositiveIndiana ReviewIn Ordinary Beast, Nicole Sealey’s first full-length collection of poetry, she questions how to make something that will last ... One thing that makes this book of myriad forms and ideas feel fresh is its ambivalence about the questions most central to it ... There are so many things to admire about this book, but its formal innovation and poise come to mind first ... the investigation of what it means to perceive and create works of art drives her stunning pair of poems ... Playful, tender, and razor-sharp, Ordinary Beast will be a book I return to again and again.
