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Laundromat
Caroline Orth's debut collection of poetry gives readers a reason to encounter their youth once more, with poems that embody that first load of experience wringing out of the beautiful and messy cycle. Sometimes playful, sometimes pensive, and always true, Laundromat celebrates the adolescent experience which all people wear, wash, and make new again with fresh perspective.
“‘You won’t find winged poetry here’ Orth writes in the poem 'Letters,' but the poems contained in Laundromat still fly for me. So satisfying for me, as a teacher, to see a former student fly so high.” —Taylor Mali, poet and author of What Teachers Make
“Promise—that glance to the future and mature work we can expect—is a predictable word to reach for in praising the work of a young poet. But in mentioning promise while praising Caroline Orth’s Laundromat I am not glancing away from the fine poems right here. These poems delight with imagery and wit, and are evocative in their narratives. But most notable is how they hold together. Each of them demonstrates presence—a sustained attention to the real world and to the people living in it. And here is where I reach for the word promise. Caroline Orth seems ever aware of her calling to poetry—of her gifts and of the responsibilities that come with them—and so the poems in Laundromat read like shining promises on the page, one after the other.” —Madeleine Mysko, poet and author of Bringing Vincent Home
“‘You won’t find winged poetry here’ Orth writes in the poem 'Letters,' but the poems contained in Laundromat still fly for me. So satisfying for me, as a teacher, to see a former student fly so high.” —Taylor Mali, poet and author of What Teachers Make
“Promise—that glance to the future and mature work we can expect—is a predictable word to reach for in praising the work of a young poet. But in mentioning promise while praising Caroline Orth’s Laundromat I am not glancing away from the fine poems right here. These poems delight with imagery and wit, and are evocative in their narratives. But most notable is how they hold together. Each of them demonstrates presence—a sustained attention to the real world and to the people living in it. And here is where I reach for the word promise. Caroline Orth seems ever aware of her calling to poetry—of her gifts and of the responsibilities that come with them—and so the poems in Laundromat read like shining promises on the page, one after the other.” —Madeleine Mysko, poet and author of Bringing Vincent Home
72 pages, Paperback
First published May 2, 2014
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