First Review of The Robot Scientist’s Daughter! And a Poetry on Buses Poem…
- At February 09, 2015
- By Jeannine Gailey
- In Blog
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Thanks to Allyson Whipple for the first (early) review of The Robot Scientist’s Daughter! So excited! Here it is: http://allysonmwhipple.com/2015/02/09/review-the-robot-scientists-daughter-by-jeannine-hall-gailey/
An excerpt: “The Robot Scientist’s Daughter brings us a beautiful, magical place with a horror story lying beneath. It will break your heart, and it will make you think.”
I am always grateful when thoughtful, intelligent reviewers give my books a little of their time and attention. It’s hard work to write a good review!
I was also happy to discover (a day or so late) my poem up on the Seattle Poetry on Buses web site. This poem was inspired by Redmond:
http://poetryonbuses.org/poems/jeannine-gailey/
Spring is coming, I feel, even though it is still early February. Yesterday I heard a frog singing in the woods, and the birds have been way more active than usual. My daffodils are pushing up. I also saw a mockingbird, which are fairly uncommon here (though very common where I grew up in Tennessee, so I always recognize them right away.) I think we could use a little spring.
Jeannine Hall Gailey served as the second Poet Laureate of Redmond, Washington and the author of Becoming the Villainess, She Returns to the Floating World, Unexplained Fevers, The Robot Scientist’s Daughter, and winner of the Moon City Press Book Prize and SFPA’s Elgin Award, Field Guide to the End of the World. Her latest, Flare, Corona from BOA Editions, was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. She’s also the author of PR for Poets, a Guidebook to Publicity and Marketing. Her work has been featured on NPR’s The Writer’s Almanac, Verse Daily and The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror. Her poems have appeared in The American Poetry Review, Poetry, and JAMA.
