Grace Cavalieri reviews Jessica Bozek’s The Tales at Washington Independent Review of Books, calling it “what adventure means in poetry,”:

The question for me, always is, HOW DOES A POET SELL HER TRUTH? Bozek trusts us. She knows the poem begins in us when her poem ends. She only plans its arrival. The message is here, all in a cautionary tale—telling that none of us will survive anyway, so, all we can do is tell of it; And remember language is the only vehicle we have.

Read the full review at Washington Independent Review of Books.