Reviews
RECOMMENDED:"The Weight of Snow belongs on your bookshelf or coffee table. Keep it close by. The beautiful cover and title itself evoke soul-- and then what a treat to open the pages! The poetry is a subtle example of the paradox of soul; for example, it captures both innocence and disillusionment. It is haunting and provocative while simple and natural. The author's amazing gift of poetic writing and presentation cannot be missed--it's on every page. Very touching. The poems have that rare quality of taking on new meaning with every read. It is so much more than a book of poems--but you must experience it yourself. This is a book to have and to hold--and then make sure to send one to a friend."--Dr. Linda R. Harper, Author of Eat: A Guide to Discovering Your Natural Relationship with Food and The Power of Joy in Giving to Animals, RECOMMENDED:"There is nothing to say that would be as lyrical and eloquent as this poet's language. She writes as a daughter of California's wild places. Words lift the edge of ordinary and invite the reader to journey through vivid and vulnerable landscapes. Bri Bruce's explorations do not shy away from a world where snow can sometimes be ash, or love can be cloaked in loss. Make space, Gary Snyder, Jane Hirshfield, and Ellen Bass, there is a new poet climbing and swimming her way up to claim her place among you."--Karen K Lewis, Author and Executive Director of Mendocino Coast Writer's Conference, RECOMMENDED:"The poems in The Weight of Snow are heartfelt, skillfully written, and keenly observed fragments of the natural world and our lives there. Bravo."--Gary Young, Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County, Award- Winning Author of No Other Life, Braver Deeds, and Pleasure
