Foxglovewise

'Foxglovewise' is complex but inviting, profound but wry. It is firmly contemporary while also being in lively conversation with deep histories: 'Where do stargazers go in a city of light?'. The collection takes us from a Scottish cemetery to a Florida mangrove via a supercell Texas storm. Along the way, Mlinko's use of form and rhyme is as light as it is enlightening as she probes our all-too-human nature and pays careful attention to the quiet marvels to be found by looking carefully at right where we happen to be.