The Music of Hands
The first print edition of The Music of Hands has been retired so is now out of print, except for any new or used copies already on Amazon and other online bookstores.
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Please look for a revised second WebBook Edition and limited print run of The Music of Hands out now (February 2019), both published by Seven CirclePress!
Cover art, Christon Ashton
Praise for The Music of Hands first print and Webbook edition
"Man folds me along the edges," Edwards writes, "like fresh linen mother placed in dresser drawers." Edwards' poetry is a brave and endearing exploration in the meaning of womanhood in contemporary America. To write as a woman is to be political; and through her crisp language and sharp imagery, this book leaves nothing unturned. ~ Ocean Vuong
These poems are prayers spoken with a voice as pure and succinct as the sanctuaries it describes. And we are guided through this voice's fear by miraculous images, radiant pearls of light. For these reasons, for the humanity intrinsic in the "offering up" of prayer, I love this collection. ~ Lane Falcon
The preciousness of time passing, the humbling legacies and pain-both sharply physical and hauntingly figurative-of desire, all become charged with insight in Edwards' intense and fiercely lyrical voice. ~ Cyril Wong
When the narrative begins, "At 51, I can live without you, weathered pear, / matched muscle of my sisters, like mother's body" there is transformation; and we are drawn into the red tent. Edwards' poems are memory and fortune-teller, motherbaby and birth, and find beauty in the cramped spaces most overlooked. ~ Tzynya Pinchback
