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Praise for NOTEBOOKS FROM MYSTERY SCHOOL<\/em><\/h6>\n

“Margaret McCarthy\u2019s poems are steeped in visions–part Shirley Jackson, part Rumi. When she sails off in search of \u201cthe ache buried in the heart of everything\u201d you yearn to follow into the labyrinthine mystic depths of these luxurious poems.”<\/em>
\n\u2013 Richard Peabody, editor Gargoyle<\/em> Magazine<\/p>\n

“Evoking Wallace Stevens in her slyly humorous poem, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at Cher,” Margaret McCarthy addresses loss: of youth, of seasons, of those held dear. How do we transcend the pain of this? She tries to answer, this poet who acknowledges her affinity for, her delight in, the word, “slut.” With the eye of a feminist, she asks what if, instead, it had been Icarus’s sister? Would she know how far to go? In her first collection, NOTEBOOKS FROM MYSTERY SCHOOL, McCarthy shows us that yes, she knows.”<\/em>
\n– Susana H. Case, author of 4 Rms w Vu<\/em><\/p>\n

“In Notebooks From Mystery School, Margaret McCarthy considers the cycles of nature and the cycles of our lives\u2014\u201cbeginnings and endings, \/ the egg of the world\u201d\u2014as she enters a dark, Celtic unknown. Loss permeates these poems, many of which have striking images, especially \u201cThe Shadow Mother,\u201d : \u201cshe became thin, translucent as worn silk, \/ I saw right through her, \/ I saw her on both sides of the veil, \/she was the veil itself.\u201d McCarthy\u2019s photographic eye captures the remarkable beauty and resilience that carry us through the sorrows and mysteries of our days.”<\/em>
\n\u2014Michele Wolf, author of Immersion <\/em>and Conversations During Sleep<\/em><\/p>\n

“Mesmerizing. \u00a0Margaret McCarthy’s\u00a0poems leap off the page and hold us close, whispering secrets; then suddenly\u00a0letting us go– knowing this– we are changed forever. \u00a0Her work is nothing\u00a0less than dazzling.”
\n\u2014<\/em>Jamie Callan, <\/em>author of Ooh La La!, Bonjour, Happiness!\u00a0<\/em>and
\nFrench Women Don\u2019t Sleep\u00a0Alone<\/em><\/p>\n

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Praise for NOTEBOOKS FROM MYSTERY SCHOOL “Margaret McCarthy\u2019s poems are steeped in visions–part Shirley Jackson, part Rumi. When she sails off in search of \u201cthe ache buried in the heart of everything\u201d you yearn to follow into the labyrinthine mystic depths of these luxurious poems.” \u2013 Richard Peabody, editor Gargoyle Magazine “Evoking Wallace Stevens in … Continue reading PRAISE<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/margaretmccarthy.com\/notebooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/margaretmccarthy.com\/notebooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/margaretmccarthy.com\/notebooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/margaretmccarthy.com\/notebooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/margaretmccarthy.com\/notebooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/margaretmccarthy.com\/notebooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119,"href":"https:\/\/margaretmccarthy.com\/notebooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/margaretmccarthy.com\/notebooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}