Writing for the wonderful print journal The Ampersand Review, Matt Boylan offers the very first long-form review of MA|DE‘s debut full-length poetry collection, ZZOO! Taking its place alongside a majestic array of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, interviews and other reviews in this beautifully curated issue, Boylan offers a deep and insightful examination of our book. As Boylan writes:
“Most impressive throughout ZZOO is MA|DE’s extraordinary attention to detail, and their almost bibliophilic attention to the composition of each poem. Close readers will feel the heart imbued within the writing, the passion behind the work’s creation, and the genuine, contagious belief in the message. It seems that we live in a culture that is increasingly removing itself from natural experience, and ZZOO is a refreshing step back, away from—or perhaps across—the divide. It is fresh, authentic, genuine, and a truly deep piece of work that warrants attention and admiration; it fences in a small but powerful world that poetry lovers will want to revisit again and again to observe language on display in an artful facsimile of its natural habitat.”
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