“There is no poet more expert in manipulating language than Kristen Orser. In “Lorraine,” she strings together fragments like popcorn or lace, like anything worth using to decorate. There is a marriage, a winter, a grasping at combination. There is the loss of something unidentified but alternatingly felt. Joined in the body, this poem is your fullest and emptiest feelings and, a treasure, how you never knew they’d been woven inside words. An absolutely stunning–perfect–first collection.” -Kat Dixon, author of Temporary Yes and Here/Other
