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Advance Praise for Unrivered:
Unrivered begins with a green field, and guides us through a remarkable journey of expressive power and vulnerability. 
I'm so grateful for this balm–this impassioned reckoning of the body and the outdoors.

–Aimee Nezhukumatathil, author of Bite by Bite

Women of a certain age, myself included, are in a perpetual hissy-fit--torn between being grateful to God/the world/Mother Nature for keeping us around for so long, and incensed because the road to our end is often so sudden, sapping, saggy and brutal. unrivered is the consummate soundtrack for that exasperating in-between. These poems, crafted with enviable prosodic skill and irrepressible sass, pull back the curtain to show the tears, flailing fists, bared teeth and weary defiance of one particular over-60, who refuses to age obediently. With a stunning sonnet crown at its core and lean stanzas that balance hurt and humor, this a book to be read again and again. You'll quote these lines to your young oblivious friends. unrivered is the revelation that comes after grief. It raises the wounded but adamant voices of those who fight against disappearing.

-Patricia Smith, author of The Invention of Thunder: New and Selected Poems



“The poems that comprise this enviable collection are unflinching and fearless, crafting new definitions for the definition of woman—as mother, as lover, as flawed and singular being. Donna Vorreyer has written these revelatory verses from the caverns of her own body—her commitment to the breath of each stanza is formidable. And that’s why this book is unforgettable.” 


Patricia Smith, author of Incendiary Art

"Time and again I was struck by linguistic pleasures. In one poem, corn silk becomes a gown. In another, the speaker says, 'the moon has no/ hands to catch me.' Every Love Story is an Apocalypse Story is a riveting collection that reminds us love and grief, like fire and water, are elemental forces that summon both sorrow and song."

Eduardo C. Corral, author of Guillotine

"...the poet traces a season of loss, the throes of aging, and the warm and well-lit rooms of a long and much cherished love. That Vorreyer crafts all of this into a collection that is both so burdened with grief and buoyant with joy makes To Everything There Is the most human of utterances. That she does so with formal dexterity and a radiant love of language makes the collection so much more than testimony."

Molly Spencer, author of Hinge

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