Brettanomyces by Kelly Allen

“Across vineyards and deserts and oceans, tastes and sounds and skin, Kelly Allen’s poems see wine, nature, and life all anew. What a world she writes for us.”

–Eva Swidler, Ph.D. World Environmental History, author of Marxism Beyond the Economy and Exploitation Beyond the Wage.

“Equipped with a deep quiver of language, Allen pierces and caresses with her verse as subjects universal and personal are drawn from somewhere deep and meaningful in her being. Reading Brettanomyces, one cannot help but feel the work, sensing the truth found in the plurality of the sentiments, observations, and intuitions reflected in the stories told in the collection. If you have ever been on the margin, if you know what it is like to perch on the periphery, then you will find your journey reflected here. If not, then these poems offer a rare invitation to an empathic experience.  Regardless, I recommend you immerse yourself in this work.”

–Neal Wavra, Proprietor, Field & Main Restaurant