Still Life Burning is out of print.
“Debra Kaufman’s poetry is tough in a good way. She writes with a cool economy. Many of the situations portrayed here are what we might call negative. But they are drawn so that the positives shine through–such virtues as endurance, patience, willingness to listen, acceptance, and courage by the pailful. I admire this collection and I salute this poet.”
Fred Chappell
“I especially like the poems that recreate a sense of childhood…There is an urgency of witness and confession in the narrative voice that leads us to some further recognition. We see that poems are like scars, permanent scars, written on us by fate, as well as by those we love.”
Robert Morgan