Getting on with the World

Review
"Lynn Veach Sadler's words, whether expressed through poetry or prose, are evocative, transporting, and profound. She has become one of my favorite writers." Troy D. Smith, Professor, Tennessee Tech; founder, Cane Hollow Press; author of Bound for the Promise-land; troyduanesmith.com "When Mark Twain wrote of 'travel being fatal to prejudice' in 1869, few Americans would imagine within 150 years that line would seem to reverse to 'prejudice is fatal to travel.' From ISIS activities to at times overbearing TSA security screenings, 21st century travel often feels as if it veers anywhere from annoying to downright dangerous. Yet there are those of us who believe in the importance of sending this message: We still travel to learn, to experience different cultures, and to collect and try to understand viewpoints that sometimes are diametrically opposite our own. Lynn Veach Sadler is such a world traveler, and she brings her firsthand impressions of her personal experiences around the world together into her latest poetry collection, for the enjoyment and edification of her readers. In an election season when America is veering between strident nationalism and staying interconnected to the world stage, the publication of Getting on with the World could not be more timely." David Messineo, Publisher/Poetry Editor, Sensations Magazine "She can be anyone. She is anyone. She is one and anyone and everyone posing as harlot and as teenager and as Bedouin and as scientist and as nutcase and as whatever with accuracy maddening with fluency debilitating with detail asphyxiating laying out layers over layers of 1st person and 3rd person and nth person . . . where the hell does she get this endless amalgam of insanely beautiful inspiration? This is not a collection of poetry, this is a short play, each poem a character in the play, each one its own stubborn individual and yet all of them tied absolutely together by these two absolute covers and this one absolute imagination." Yossi Faybish, Chief Editor, Aquillrelle Press, www.aquillrelle.com