Judith Strasser lifts off and playes the thermals like a giant and wise bird. She "winks at eternity," turning a solitary ride into a universal and moving quest for meaning.
-- Francine Ringold, PhD., Poet Laureate of Oklahoma and Editor-in-Chief, Nimrod International Journal
Drawing on the lore and language of science, with a capacious intelligence, a darkhumor, and an always companionable voice, Judith Strasser explores questions of belief, faith, hope, and remorse. Roustabout, Magician, prestidigitator, she never hesitates to take on the ineffable, the invisible, the "lovely mess of life." In a world best explained by chaos theory, in which the biology of cancer, the physics of divorce, and the astronomy of loss invade our familiar landscapes, these eloquent poems have a natural bouancy. What is this affectionate and memorable collection finally provides is no less than "instructions for stayiong alive."
--Ronald Wallace, Felix Pollak Professor of Poetry and Director of the Program in Creative Writing, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Reason/Unreason Project, published by Lewis-Clark Press, 2007. (Poetry collection, winner of the Expedition Award) Available from your favorite bookseller
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