Publisher's Synopsis
"Phoenix Poets is the most distinguished university press series going."-Alfred Corn
"Compressed, controlled, circumscribed by the artist's discipline, the poems in Susan Hahn's Confession do not spill over; each is like a steadily held cup containing its pain."-Alicia Ostriker
"Hahn's voice is unique and unforgettable . . . . Hahn's self-revelation is so startling, and her details so extraordinary, that she virtually detonates her poems with energy. . . . Plath, Ai, Sexton-Hahn brings to mind those vivid, violent poets, but her voice is clearly her own, strong and without either shrillness or shame."-Patricia Monaghan, Booklist
"In her third book of poems, Confession, Susan Hahn continues to refine her amazing capacity to disquiet, disgust and fascinate. This may not sound like a recommendation, but it is. . . . The precision of Hahn's language stands out even more clearly when compared to the looser, baggier free verse that dominates so much contemporary poetry."-Maureen McLane, Chicago Tribune