Emilie Menzel

Of The Girl Who Became a Rabbit: "I fell into this world of this book—its rabbits, and soft deer, sliced cow-eyes and wolves— the way you wade into a cold body of water, slowly and then all at once. I couldn’t put it down. And, when I finished, I was changed."

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"Menzel's poetics of transformation pushes language into that imagined space where the self feels expanded into a network of intensities. The Girl Who Became a Rabbit intends to inhabit [...] a liminal [space], transparent and hard as glass, where flesh is fact and fantasy both. What a balm Menzel's language provides."

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Of The Girl Who Became a Rabbit: "If what you wish is to be for a while in a world that will inspire you to think playfully and with kindness and persistence and an openness to that which is not immediately beheld, you have found your book and your invitation to enter another world that happens to be in this one. Menzel works magic. I love this book."

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"Menzel is a marvelous writer and cataloguer of what connects and estranges us from our lives."

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"Menzel understands the strength and variety of words, the kinds of words that pierce and flay. Kindly words to caress and soothe. She unsettles her sentences, blurring their meanings into something stranger. Complex sentiments feel all the more authentic for their refusal to be clearly articulated, framed behind a pane of glass through which unexpected eyes may peer."

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Of The Girl Who Became a Rabbit: "An exquisite book-length poem that is full of fancy and thought-provoking prose. Every page is a masterclass in language. Reading this was an experience unlike any other. I need more books like Menzel’s The Girl Who Became a Rabbit."​

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"Menzel pushes the boundaries of what poetry and prose can be and how language creates meaning."

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"[Menzel's] images are both seductive and unflinching, electrifying and terrifying. Her lyric is the elixir I wish I could gift anyone who’s experienced girlhood."

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