Reckless Lovely

Martha Silano's new collection begins with The Big Bang and ends with the unleashing of twelve million bees from a jack-knifed semi. In between Reckless Lovely ricochets from Renaissance masterworks to amusement parks, from fissures to fission, praising the peregrine, the paramecium. Reveling in galaxies and marveling at Earth's miracles, Reckless Lovely opens the door to the radiantly inscrutable, the splendidly baffling. These stunning pages, like a "land-less landmass, [a] dollop-y desert dessert loosed," fold moments of joy into 'Reckless Lovely' with inventive, chewy language, and a relentless appreciation of music and delight. -- Aimee Nezhukamatathil.