animal magnetism by Buffy Shutt

“These short, luminous poems offer the world on a thumbnail, beauty crystalized into the essential. A sparkle of joy. A punch to the heart. A shot of hope. An echo of loss. A secret nod to love. Evocative and engaging, Shutt’s voice is original and inventive. animal magnetism explores the idea of what we see and what we manage to ignore, eavesdrops on people who understand each other and others who don’t. Reading this collection might be the work of a moment, but the phrases and feelings will remain with you for a long time.”

— Laurie Horowitz

“The poems in animal magnetism astound with their originality. Buffy Shutt’s turns of phrase consistently lead the reader into unexpected and glittering places. In ‘Mother’ she writes: ‘something whose name / you have forgotten: / beautiful, exact, swirling,’ which serves as a rubric for the mysteries circled within these lines. This is writing that holds the reader in its spell—enthralled by sudden twists that jolt us from complacency into wider wonder.” 

— Elline Lipkin, Award-winning Poet & Writer

About the Author:

Buffy Shutt is a two-time Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee whose work appears in Book of Matches, Door is Jar, Panorama Journal, Split Lip Magazine, Anthropocene, River Heron Review, and Sonic Boom, among others. Her first poetry collection, Recruit to Deny, and her debut chapbook, Memos from the 20th21st Century, will be out this year. Currently, Buffy is collaborating with seven young women artists on an eco-project entitled Seven Graces.