Description

The Keys to the Jail is Keetje Kuipers' long-awaited second collection

Keetje Kuipers' work is accessible, emotional, and honest

The poems of this new collection engage musicality and lyricism, making use of subtle form (pantoums)

Offers a behind-the-scenes look at female anger, self-accusation, and the constant search for fault when something is lost

A long-needed new perspective on loss (continuing and going beyond Elizabeth Bishop's "art of losing"), which focuses more on the transgressive act of anger than character redemption and forgiveness

Prize-winning author (Beautiful in the Mouth won the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize)