Recensori in anteprimaChristina Fulton

“A fine collection that gives grief the tonic sting of saltwater.” —Kirkus Starred Review "To the Man in the Red Suit is a remarkable first book. Christina Fulton, fully formed as a craftsperson and unique in her delivery, offers us the kind of searing fare we might want to empathize with or even turn from, but we can't. We must go further. The poems round about us like necklaces of deep thought and emotion, each segment of the chain bursting with colors of dark and light. Fulton's style links object after object with single modifiers in short phrases throughout the poems, each bit its own element of slightly changing viewpoint upon which to reflect her state, and by showing those objects, the subjective becomes real, becomes our state. This book is evidence of a bright and hopefully long career already well underway." —Al Rocheleau, Florida State Poets Association President and author of On Writing Poetry and Falling River: Collected Poems 1976-2016

A fine collection that gives grief the tonic sting of saltwater.” —Kirkus Starred Review Dark, humorous, abrasive, bereft, and whimsical: these are poems of the grief process within a dysfunctional and fractured family and world. In her debut full-length collection, Fulton writes about her father’s suicide and its aftermath; about strained familial relationships and dealing with regret and grief. She acknowledges mental health concerns, internal and global suffering, and the hope that can only be obtained through turning trauma into art. This is a masterful collection of poetry that brings light back into the cracks left by depression and loss.