Praise for Dollhouse
“Dollhouse by Elaine Terranova is stunning, both in the individual poems and in its overarching concept. The poems are varied and surprising. Each poem holds a carefully constructed miniature world, a domesticated Joseph Cornell box, as does the whole volume. Dollhouse is original, chilling, and resonant. ”
“Elaine Terranova shows us where all the parts of our lives take residence—the dreams, the fears, the hopes, as well as love with its many promises and disappointments. The taut fullness that has always marked her work here culminates in a collective rise, the product of a gaze over a life lived with the most meticulous attention to where things belong, even with the knowledge that every lived moment carries its own willingness to rebel against having its space named. In Terranova’s vision we use the immeasurable space of our memories to make dollhouses where dolls, the tiny wishes of who we could be, can live. Dollhouse itself is a space where we can live as readers, where the piercing and elegant wisdom of a vision of our lives stares out at us, breathing the life given it by a poet of rare talent.”
About the Author
Elaine Terranova is the author of six books of poems and two chapbooks. Her work has appeared in a number of literary magazines and anthologies. Her translation of Euripides’ Iphigenia at Aulis is part of the Penn Greek Drama Series. She has received the Walt Whitman Award, an NEA, a Pew Fellowship, and a Pushcart Prize.
