RaveThe Georgia ReviewSomething mellifluous inheres in Forché’s straightforward narrative ... Forché is not engaging in mere poetic license, but offering us a poem that is aesthetically pleasing and at the same time vigorously interrogates the plight of humankind when ideologies come into armed conflict ... Forché’s unadorned accents are all the more efficacious for their straightforward simplicity ... bears witness to the courage and dignity of Carolyn Forché’s vision as well as to her preternatural gift for the language arts.
