Shara McCallum

Local News from Someplace Else

Arts & Literature

“Marjorie Maddox's newest book offers visions of disaster, tempered by a mother's hope. In taut language, these poems move into the center of familiar tragedies, often lifted from the news--9/11, school shootings, kidnappings, floods, and hurricanes--rendering each one personal. Local News from Someplace Else is a reminder that what separates us from destruction are sheer luck (or grace) and the insistence of life itself.”