So Much Synth

"Shaughnessy''s particular genius . . . is utterly poetic, but essayistic in scope."—The New Yorker

"Brenda Shaughnessy''s work is a good place to start for any passionate woman feeling daunted by poetry." —Cosmopolitan

"Shaughnessy''s voice is smart, sexy, self-aware, hip . . . consistently wry, and ever savvy."—Harvard Review

Subversions of idiom and cliché punctuate Shaughnessy''s fourth collectio...