“Olds writes “poetry more faithful to the felt truth of reality than any prose could be.” – Richard Wakefield.

Poetry gives people the power to make their voices heard. -- Toni Stuart

Bergin's perceptions are sharp, her senses of history, community, and relationships deep and acute, and her technical control over language and form is assured and graceful - Tower Poetry

Beautiful Girls is not a book for the faint-hearted: it will survive as testament to poetry's force in overcoming - Chris McCabe