Rich and fierce, Sarah Howe's poems are alive to the complex stories and voices that cohere around objects, family and place. . . surprising and moving. . . - EDMUND DE WAAL

Here is a poet with a commanding style; her voice is entirely her own, both rich and laconic - Penelope Shuttle

His keen observation invokes an expanded cognition and a braver engagement with one's personhood. -- Liesl Jobson

A mature, considered voice - Kathleen Jamie

This is a poet of both truth and beauty - Rory Waterman, Times Literary Supplement

Good writing gives energy, whatever it is about. But the fact that writers are dealing with essential issues...I think that's a necessary integration of literary writing with what's actually going on in our world. - Marilyn Hacker

In my poetry I give primacy to the breath. For me it is the way the poem breathes that gives it form. - Penelope Shuttle

Every writer nearly always has a lost woman. - Patricia Beer

Go for it, petal. Nothing's as real as what you write. (from Writing to Onegin, Ruth Padel)