Cool, Calm and Collected Poems, 1960-2000

"Kizer is a scrapper--what would we ever do without her bracing poems in her cigarettes-and-whiskey, Lauren Bacall-leaning-on-a-doorjamb voice--lyricizing or bad-mouthing ex-lovers, cheerfully kvetching...or offering startling observation....What would we do without that quick rapier slash...or the turn of a fine lyric...or the absolutely fly-by-the-seat-of-her-pants inventive translations? The answer is: We cannot do without Kizer and never could--here are four decades of compelling reasons why."Kizer, Carolyn is the author of 'Cool, Calm and Collected Poems, 1960-2000', published 2002 under ISBN 9781556591815 and ISBN 1556591810.