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“Landau’s way with a line is exquisite. Spacing, lineation, and ellipsis regulate the rush or slow drip of the words, pacing our reading with the poet's thinking. Often, the form deprives readers of expected grammatical handholds, so we slide into the eye of the poem and her lush language. Most striking is the mouthfeel of the poems, whether arid or salivating, as in a poem about cherries: 'louche juice, farm to mouth, the sweetest cerise mess.' Skeletons is clever, pragmatic, and, finally, ecstatic about 'this bag of bones' we’re bound to.”

—Barbara Engel, Booklist