Reviews for The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart: Poems

The average rating for The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart: Poems based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2007-07-13 00:00:00 John Smith I liked this book the first time I read it, but I didn't realize just how well it holds together until I used it in a class. Calvocoressi blurs the lines between storytelling and poetry marvelously, beginning with the first page, a prose poem of remarkable delicacy. She has multiple long poems, told in the voices of passers-by, participants, victims and perpetrators. It is, in short, a wonderful read.

Review # 2 was written on 2007-10-22 00:00:00 Edward Rawn Wow. The title series bowled me over -- through simple, spare verse, Calvocoressi creates a portrait of the creation of a modern myth. The "Circus Fire" series didn't feel as essential or interesting to me as the other poems of the book -- the subject was a bit familiar, the drive behind the poems familiar as well. The "Adult Movie" poems... some wow me in a big way and, formally, I like that they move along, linked but looking at the event from various perspectives. They're shocking, and progress in surprising ways. The ideas and events of "The Death of Towns" -- talking about the bell foundry, the work it gave the town, the polluted river and still-borns. It's powerful. And not "lite."