Amy L. George

Transplant, Transport, Transubstantiation

Arts & Literature

“Marjorie Maddox’s latest, exquisite poetry collection, Transplant, Transport, Transubstantiation, filters the hope, heartbreak, joys, and frustrations of life through the lens of a shattering event in the poet’s life: Her father’s failed heart transplant.” “Maddox marries imagery with narration that guides the reader through carefully crafted and nuanced emotion.” “Maddox’s lyricism is stunning throughout, and the closing poem “Tape of My Dead Father’s Voice from an Old Answering Machine” displays her remarkable ability to express the delicate nature of grief without being sentimental. In a matter-of-fact tone, she writes of hearing his answering-machine message, after he’s died: He keeps telling me he’s not at home, that he’ll reply soon. He doesn’t know he’s lying…”