Full House Review: "God in Her Ruffled Dress" A Marvellous Read

 

"A certain powerful physicality associated with the divine that is seldom approached so boldly... [and] a delicate sensuality and eroticism": 

New review of God in Her Ruffled Dress from A. R. Arthur at U.K.-based Full House Literary Review:

"God in Her Ruffled Dress by Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein) is… a multifaceted collection that challenges the reader’s…understanding of topics from gender to eroticism…

A core takeaway…is the nature of ‘God’ and the divine more broadly as transcending gender...Most intriguing is Bernstein’s unique ability to present the Godlike nature of beings and all manner of things around the narrator… This is furthered by Bernstein’s presentation of a certain powerful physicality associated with the divine that is seldom approached so boldly... [and] a delicate sensuality and eroticism…

As a whole, Bernstein’s evocative poetry enlivens the senses and leaves the reader yearning for more like a distant kiss of a lover…A marvellous read!"

God in Her Ruffled Dress is published by What Books Press and can be ordered here...[It] was published an astounding 34 years after Lisa’s debut full-length poetry book, The Transparent Body (Wesleyan University Press). It includes poems that appeared in the Atlanta Review, Kenyon Review, Lilith, Ploughshares, Poetry International, and other fine journals, plus anthologies from the University Press of New England and Faber & Faber.