E. A. Gleeson has that rare talent of lifting a moment of intimacy into the realm of universal truth, of capturing instances of recollection and infusing them with emotion and thoughtful language where every word gleams.
Maisie and the Black Cat Band is her second award winning book with IP. The first, In Between the Dancing, won the IP Best Poetry Award, while this one was Highly Commended in the 2011 Awards.
IP (Interactive Publications Pty Ltd) –
“E. A. Gleeson has done it again, with poems delivering to the reader intense moments of love, curious whimsy, small surprises that go deep (like a son bringing her a poem he wrote, and a strange tale of lost dogs after a storm). If ekphrasis truly means ‘a lucid, self-contained description’, then every poem in this book qualifies as a virtuoso display of that formidable and endearing skill.”
– Kevin Brophy
IP (Interactive Publications Pty Ltd) –
“E.A. Gleeson’s eye for revelatory detail, her ability to come
up with phrases that turn observation into exploration and
description into revelation – these are the qualities in her
poems which leave us recommitted to the world and to the
wonder of language.”
– Ross Gillett