“The precise, crystalline lyrics of Genevieve Kaplan’s In the ice house reveal that wonder exists everywhere in the habits and habitations of domestic space. There is no beauty so small, so vernacular that it escapes the illumined attention of this gifted poet. These are poems to read the world by.”
—Peter Gizzi
“We find ourselves wandering deep, deep into the world in this collection of sharp, startling poems—¬poems that often have a swerve at the end, sending us to the unexpected. The birds return, and the trees, and the ice, always the ice, but each time, new piercing details come into view. Though spare on the page, these pieces radiate a wealth born of Genevieve Kaplan’s unique and invaluable view of the world.”
—Cole Swenson
In the ice house is a core addition to any modern poetry collection.
—Midwest Book Review
The chill in the air, as Kaplan describes it, come out of the page…. It is a beautiful marvel of nature at its coldest, through ice storms and frozen gardens, while also subtly following the birds, perhaps the true protagonists of this collection, who “Rise before the sun, rise with / the sun, constantly”
—Hey Small Press!
This book is a world one not only reads but visits, so palpable is its landscape. Even its air is different–
—Eileen Tabios for Galatea Resurrects