Women in Cars: Poems

By Martha McFerren

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0962746061
• ISBN13: 9780962746062
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Helicon Nine Editions
• Length: 65 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.0" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

A Female Southern Poet of note

Martha McFerren's poetry, while on the prosy side, is narrative genius. Her incisive and, at times, biting insights into human nature, Southern existence, life as a woman, and a writer's plight are thought-provoking and hilarious by turns. I laughed aloud during "Southern Gothic" and "Weird Doctors", and "Dog Suicide" is a mantra for all struggling non-sentimentalists. Every poem in this book, in fact, is a gem. McFerren's work is worthy of much wider circulation.

fast pace, engaging, brilliant use of language

Martha McFerren is simply one of the best poets I know. Her poetry deals with themes of popular culture and the wacky juxtapositions contemporary life serves up as daily fare. A fascinating, multi-layered, often hilarious excursion down the great metaphorical U.S. highway...ride on.