Lisbeth Smedegaard Andersen

The Sword of Eden

Arts & Literature

“Eve and Mary—we know their names from the Bible, artists have created paintings and sculptures, and Gracia Grindal has given them voices in her collection of sonnets, The Sword of Eden. Two women, two lives with all the pleasures and sorrows and worries, are made alive in a way that make us feel that we have never understood them before. Gracia Grindal retells their stories in sonnets that move us with new images, music, and sound. It is great poetry.”