Maureen Gibbon
Swimming Sweet Arrow
"The accomplishment of the novel is in its voice, an affecting blend of innocence and experience...." — Maile Meloy, The New York Times
"A moving first novel — Vangie could be the blunt-spoken daughter of a Raymond Carver character."
— David Gates, Newsweek
"For men who wonder what girls talk about when they talk about lust." — Walter Kirn, GQ
"It's exhilarating to find a fictional character who's in control of her desires ....." — Independent Weekly (Durham, NC)
"Luminous, simple, tough, and written with stunning candor." — James Salter, author of A Sport and a Pastime and Light Years.
Magdalena
"Often pairing the girly with the nomadic and the fragile with the aggressive...." — Kristina Marie Darling, Rain Taxi"Magdalena is honest and alive with erotic poems that began to simmer when the poet 'was 16 and hungry all the time.'" — Carol Connolly, Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Much of Gibbon’s power is exhibited through her 'confessional' mode of poetry....she is as adept a weaver of others’ stories as she is of her own." — Shaindel Beers, Bookslut
"Comparisons are impossible because this book doesn't remind me of anything I've read in years. I loved it." — Jim Harrison
"Such beauty, such sensuality! It feels almost illegal to read this collection." — Nin Andrews
