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"""It is rather fitting, I think, that Centipede is a collection of poems which takes its title from a small creature known and named for its many legs; this is a book with all manner of instruments on display, each of which contributes to its elegant forward propulsion. The text is a bestiary filled with creatures both tame and untamed: all of them roaming unfettered, unabashed, totally free."" -from the Introduction by Joshua Bennett, 2022 Maine Chapbook Series Judge ""Sasha Goodwin's language is memorable and muscular-it's like listening to a great storyteller at a bar. Her imagination is dazzling; it leaps and alights in the most surprising ways. The speaker, bewildered and bewitched by the world, utters, 'The trees agree / that everything is temporary. I dictate / a letter to a bigger sea.' In these poems, linguistic pleasures resonate, delight."" -Eduardo Corral, author of Slow Lightning and Guillotine ""These poems braid images of the natural world - animals, insects, plants and weather - around a strange, almost sardonic dime-store surrealism. There's a similarly divided sense of the self in the world, a speaker caught between complete susceptibility to the moment and a Zen-like devotion to observation - as well as quicksilver associations back and forth, resulting in compelling angles of insight. This is a highly original voice and an excellent first collection."" -Joseph Millar, author of Dark Harvest: New and Selected Poems ""Like Joseph Cornell's shadow boxes, these poems pack a lot into their small lyric frames. Or think micromosaics, like the faceted eyes of a horsefly: an assemblage of seemingly random shards coalescing into a unified vision. Such is Sasha Goodwin's artistry in Centipede: Line by line, her startling juxtapositions-always intriguing, sometimes unsettling-entice us to circle back, reread and ponder, and ultimately see the world anew. I applaud this poet."" -Richard Foerster, author of With Little Light and Sometimes None at All ""Sasha Goodwin's poems are elegantly constructed. Her images are continually shifting, juxtaposing the world humans have built with a profound sense of nature. Every moment is closely observed and every detail is evocative. These poems possess a gritty resilience. I find myself surrounded by the unexpected and welcoming a new way of seeing."" -Stuart Kestenbaum, Former Maine State Poet Laureate and author of things seemed to be breaking"

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At the beginning of the pandemic Sasha Goodwin moved back to Maine after thirty mostly good years in Seattle. She grew up in Pownal and lives in Auburn, ME with two black cats and a young pit mix named, Cheddar. In 2017 she completed an MFA in Creative Writing through the Pacific University low-residency program in Oregon.

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