It just so happens  Poems to Read Aloud by Greer Gurland                                                  

“Like certain faces in a crowd, Greer Gurland‘s poems leap out at me. Their clean, unadorned surfaces — like smooth skin — contain all the the complexities of the human body. Blood, breath, bone, pulse, heartbeat, heartbreak, and joy. Fresh, exciting, full of surprising juxtapositions, questions and receptivity, what Gurland calls her ‘passing thought[s]’ are, in fact, our most ‘loyal company.’ Her poems are those people in a crowd whose eyes light up when they see us. We are lucky to have them.”

–Jennifer Tseng, Winner of the Marick Press Poetry Prize, Asian American Writers’ Workshop’s National Poetry Manuscript Competition, PEN American Center Open Book Award

“The poems in Greer Gurland’s lovely little book are short and meant to be read aloud, yet they reverberate within. Along with ‘the best physicians,’ she knows that our wounds run deep and need to be treated gently; she never closes what she aptly calls her ‘heart-door.’ She asks the world if it can be trusted to comfort her, but this is clear: Her poems can be trusted to comfort us.”

–Michael Blumenthal, former Director of Creative Writing at Harvard, Winner of the Water Mark Poets First Book Prize, Guggenheim, National Endowment for the Arts and Rockefeller Fellowships, Laven Younger Poets Prize from the Academy of American Poets

“These delicate poems offer what everyone craves: the careful, loving words of a dear friend speaking directly to you and for you, but these poems also come with a directive that they be read aloud. Obey–  doing so is the difference between reading a manual for life and life itself.”

–Susan Kaplan, Winner of the Academy of American Poets Prize, Ruth Lake Memorial Award, Poetry Society of America