““Eden is deft in her evocation of memory, and some of her descriptions are almost achingly nostalgic and beautiful.””

““Here, Eden’s series of narrative poems uses the park’s glory days and weed-choked demise to explore the creep of time and how the past colors the present. Eden filters memory through magical realism, which proves to be a perfect match for her muse””

“My coming of age was not a necklace. It was not
lingerie or first tampons, or weight loss. When you
pulled out your pocket knife, I admired its folds
of practicality. For my thirteenth birthday,
I opened the Swiss Army executive from glossy pink paper.
”

“I asked her about that boy
but she said, I hear
our mall is the largest in the world –”

““there! father pointed to the scrawny bud,
like a fern, beginning its infestation.
pull it by the roots. do not let it spread its spores.
I point out their pink feather duster flowers,
the beauty they are capable of producing,
but he is not won over.””

“Meg Eden’s poetry collection explores a connection to the past as experienced through the recollections of family. In Sinuye, ideas of femininity, loyalty, faith, and art funnel through the generations and from East to West. ”