Monsoon Solo: Voices Once Submerged - Tapa blanda

The poems of Gretl Claggett's Monsoon Solo are taut in their lines, holding the writer in an unrelenting grip until their sharpness pierces the mind.

"The poems in this collection are brave, strong and beautifully crafted. Gretl Claggett has an eye for the resonant, suggestive image and a rare ability to tell a story in lines. There's a rightness of both rhythm and tone that's imperative to these searing poems, with their mordant wit and wisdom, their inward and outward transformation. Monsoon Solo will capture an audience that likes its poetry Gretl Claggett is a writer, speaker, teacher, business consultant and activist with a mission to help others create more authentic lives-personally and professionally. She grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, Mark Twain's boyhood home, and moved to Manhattan more than twenty years ago. After an acting career On- and Off-Broadway, then a stint as a video and events producer, she spent a decade working as a professional saleswoman. Gretl holds an MFA in acting from Western Illinois University, an MFA in poetry from Sarah Lawrence College and an MFA in creative nonfiction from Goucher College. Please visit her at: www.gretlclaggett.com.