I’m deeply honoured to have this thoughtful and perceptive review of Rush of Wingspan by Paisley Conrad in the Montreal Review of Books.

“Schönmaier writes with remarkable clarity and restraint about memory, landscape, music, and duration…The poems move fluidly from forests and bicycle paths into concert halls and rooms containing pianos, imbricating natural and artistic forms of resonance. There is something distinctly musical in Schönmaier’s pacing and lineation: a languid, patient attentiveness that allows her slender lines to echo and reverberate. These are precise, generous poems that trust small moments to carry immense emotional and psychological weight.“

For full review see Montreal Review of Books.