Practice, Restraint
By Laura Sims
2005
First Published
4.13
Average Rating
99
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Laura Sims' debut is the work of an organic synthesizer, one practiced in the restrained art of listening. Her poems exhibit an attenuation that is akin to devotion: By means of maxim and miniaturization, she sorts and stacks the products of humanness. Memes and phonemes of a haiku-like fineness are thereby invited to break the surface of the page.
Avg Rating
4.13
Number of Ratings
47
5 STARS
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4 STARS
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3 STARS
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2 STARS
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Author
Laura Sims
Author · 7 books
Laura Sims is the author of the new novel, HOW CAN I HELP YOU, called “a brilliant slice of psychological suspense” by Publishers Weekly and listed as “Most Anticipated” by The Millions, Book Riot, Town & Country and more. It was also a LibraryReads Top Ten Pick of July, an Amazon Editors’ Pick of the Month, a Publishers Weekly Pick of the Week, and one of CrimeReads’ 10 Best Books of July. Sims’s first novel, LOOKER, was chosen as a “Best Book” by Vogue, People Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Esquire UK, and more, and is now in development for television by eOne and Emily Mortimer's King Bee Productions. An award-winning poet, Sims has published four poetry collections; her essays and poems have appeared in The New Republic, Boston Review, Conjunctions, and Electric Lit. She and her family live in New Jersey, where she works part-time as a reference librarian and hosts the library’s lecture series.
