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Proof of a Tongue
Sandra Alland

Proof of a Tongue eloquently establishes a new poetic voice worthy of serious attention. Sandra Alland writes with dry wit and mature assurance, grounding a sophisticated metaphysical vocabulary in the colloquial. Language is a perfect tool in her hands. Proof of a Tongue describes Scarborough as a "town of serial killers and suicide vistas" and asserts that inflection can soothe with "miraculous breath." From "the sadness teenage girls have difficulty naming" to boys who draw "'VanGogh/Kahlo sandwiches" Sandra Alland gazes slyly at life, smoothly piercing the surfaces of meaning. Alland exerts a deft control of subject and language.

 

"Proof of a Tongue is laced with piercing poetic passion. sandra alland's words speak hybrid truths; storytelling with conscience and consciousness."
d'bi.young

"Alland's poems will move through you like a memory; sensual and startling. Proof of a Tongue is a gift that will leave a map inside you."
Anna Camilleri

"4 me sandra alland is an xtraordinaree writr both as an innovative sound n prformativ artist with deep wittee n poignant messages xtreemlee well artikulatid cascading n precise n a text based writr with also great enerjee xhilerating insite n probing cultural n personal depth she is sew deserving uv support n acclaim"
bill bissett

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