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"Cesca Janece Waterfield…understands that laughter and heartbreak are frequently two sides of the same coin."
-Marc Schuster, author of The Singular Exploits of Wonder Mom & Party Girl, PS Books
"Bartab establishes early on a sort of subconscious soundtrack laced with blues-soaked Americana. ...recommended to anyone seeking strong work by new voices in contemporary American poetry." -Lady Janes's Miscellany, San Francisco Bay Press "Cesca Janece Waterfield writes the blues...Reading her book is like listening to a great radio station in the middle of the night when you can't sleep - you know someone is singing for you and you are singing with her. ...pays witness to good love and bad love and what we mistake for love." -Denise Duhamel "...a pitch-perfect reproduction of the fragmentary nature of memory... Gritty, desperate, passionate, and heartfelt, Bartab is a must-read...” -Small Press Reviews "Like a postmodern New Testament, this ballad is full of parables and the flesh of language, stretched and taut over a body of lyric." -Chad Faries, Savannah State University "...evocative new novel in poems..." -Philadelphia Stories “The collection's opening...pulls the reader into the car in a whirlwind, early Springsteen-like…there are rest stops for sex, prayer, remembrance, and the gratitude and received wisdom of the survivor.” -Vulgar Marsala Press |