"These poems take an elaborate look at the persistent complication of desire through the lens of obesity and body consciousness. At times the language is poignantly raw, at other moments tender, understated, then humorous to get at the diffuse agonies that might, otherwise, be lost to silence." —Tim Seibles 

"Like Walt Whitman, the bard she often resurrects in her work, Nancy Pagh comes at you straight from the heart, no holds barred, pure energy and emotion and exuberance barely contained. From her darkly funny 'fat lady' poems, to her keen renderings of love anticipated and altered, through her willingness to kneel eye-to-eye with death, her honesty and wit compel and convince us that poetry happens everywhere: in the bathtub, at the doctor’s office, on the treadmill at the gym, and we come away from these poems viewing the world a little differently with, in her words, 'the articulated brilliance / that comes / after pulling away / the abalone’s meat.' You will simply love these poems." —Brenda Miller

Nancy Pagh is a poet, performer, and educator living in Bellingham, WA.  She is the author of three collections of poetry: Once Removed, No Sweeter Fat, and After, as well as a textbook for creative writers, Write Moves: A Creative Writing Guide & Anthology, and one book of nonfiction, At Home Afloat.  She teaches in the Department of English at Western Washington University.