"My Life as a Doll" by Elizabeth Kirschner

My autographed copy of Elizabeth Kirschner's latest book of poetry "My Life as a Doll" came in the mail today. The book is a collection of intense, often bleak and violent, but honest and ultimately hopeful poems about child abuse and living through it. As always, Kirschner's use of language is inherently musical, using words and strong images to convey her message with a great sensitivity to sound. The Collection is available ($14.95, paperback) directly from Autumn House Press.

Kirschner's latest collaboration with Carson Cooman, Lonely, Lingering Callings, a song cycle of eight songs for high voice and piano will be recorded this week with the noted soprano Amanda Forsyth to be released at a later date, along with Cooman's cycle "Gold into Diamonds (poetry by Rebecca Forsyth) which Miss Forsyth recently premièred at Lincoln Center.