What can I say about Linda Addison’s book, How To Recognize A Demon Has Become Your Friend
Interspersed between the prose, sharp, tightly defined poems are set like gems. Sparking with the pain of life, set against the backdrop of reality, Addison’s work shines like an obsidian shard—black, sharp and reflecting a distorted image of ourselves back to us.
Angela Yuriko Smith is a third-generation Ryukyuan-American, award-winning poet, author, and publisher with 20+ years in newspapers. Publisher of Space & Time magazine (est. 1966), two-time Bram Stoker Awards® Winner, and HWA Mentor of the Year, she shares Authortunities, a free weekly calendar of author opportunities at authortunities.substack.com.
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Thank you so much for taking the time and energy to read my book. This is the most poetic feedback I’ve gotten about my writing. I’m honored.
It didn’t seem worthy of ” I liked this book. It was good.” A great piece of work!
These sound like powerful poems!
Very powerful, and each stands alone uniquely.