Reviews for Talking in the Dark

The average rating for Talking in the Dark based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-05-27 00:00:00 Nathan Andrew The little blurb accompanying this book makes it sound dark and depressing. Though McNair has quite a bit to say about aging, loss, death, and the like, these poems are magical, funny, intelligent, surprising, sweet, and pitch-perfect: anything but depressing. Every poem here fits, and they're all good. My favorites: "The Lover", "Puppy", "The Future", "Trying to Find Her Teeth", "Weeds" (2 surprising turns into surreal landscape but they fit, too!), "Waving Goodbye", and "Love Handles". An excellent book that will lead me to find more by McNair, who is a master of the craft with a voice that's sure, true, and playful, even as he shows his intimate familiarity with life's losses and its ultimate destination. Highly recommended.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-09-19 00:00:00 Gary Gunkel wonderful , clear, and very grounded