Babies

by Emily Toder

156 pages, Paperback

Published April 27, 2022

About the author

Emily Toder is the author of the poetry collections Beachy Head and Science (from Coconut Books) and the chapbooks No Land (Brave Men), Brushes With (Tarpaulin Sky), and I Hear a Boat (Duets). She has translated various prose and poetry collections, among them The Life and Memoirs of Dr. Pi (Clockroot Books), Wendolin Kramer (Barcelona eBooks), and The Errant Astrologers (Ugly Duckling Presse). She lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Reviews

[Mallory Drazin · Rating 5 out of 5]

A book about babies, adults, and adult babies —This delightful long-form poem with a deceptively simple structure allows for Toder’s poignant observations to hit in a clean, unfussy, and often devastating way.

I’m always looking for poetry collections that might appeal to friends who don’t routinely read poetry as a genre, and this is one of those. It is accessible if you’re intimidated by poetry and exciting if you’re an enthusiast, as a fresh example of what the medium can be.