Critical Commentary of Irish’s Work
“Breathing Fire is an impressive collection of poems: beautiful, fierce, bordering on rage, and yet crafted to contain moments of stillness and grace”
—Michael Henry, author of No Stranger than My Own and Active Gods, co-founder and executive director of Lighthouse Writers
“Breathing Fire is both urgent and introspective. Amy’s poems burn and singe as she attempts to navigate in a dangerous world.”
—Kathleen Willard, author of Cirque & Sky and Incendiary Season
“The Nature of the Mother is a sensual exploration. Amy helps us wrestle with love, fear, and what it means to be a woman.”
—Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, author of All the Honey and Hush
“Absorbing and disturbing, authentic and graceful, The Nature of the Mother is a revelation of the world and our place in it.”
—Maria Berardi, author of Cassandra Gifts
“In Creation Stories, Amy becomes a priestess of word and image whose incantations launch us toward the journey into ourselves that we each must take.”
—M.D. Friedman, poet, multi-instrument musician, artist, and founder of the Internet Poets’ Cooperative
