"Witchy in its uncanny imagery, seering, and searing, Dexter Booth’s Abracadabra, Sunshine is an intricately woven spell, a ‘mating of letters’ with ‘the magic of anatomy.’ This book’s—this body’s—beauty, exactitude, and unflinching witness—haunt, as ‘some truths burn like houses and the people who run into them.’ Here, lyric utterance as address and artifact takes shape through a kaleidoscope of returning phrases, images, and narratives: Booth’s is lyricism as chrysalis." —Shira Dentz, author of Sisyphusina
"Mysterious, lovely, and written with sensitivity and craftsmanship, Dexter L. Booth’s second book is about what it means to care for one another in a world where ‘sorrow is often camouflaged by the body.’ Booth’s genius is that he is able, through perfectly constructed images of imaginative depth, to relay a pervasive sense of compassion, clarity, and awe." —Sandra Simonds, author of Atopia
"Booth is a storyteller with elegant metaphors and references to mythology and the natural world, but what is most distinctive about his poetry is the way he juxtaposes seemingly unrelated images and events, while 'attempting / to form an argument.'” —Poetry Foundation
"Dexter L. Booth's Abracadabra, Sunshine is one of the year's best poetry collections." —Bustle
