A review by joshuabohnsack
Popular Music by Kelly Schirmann

5.0

I heard Schirmann read from this book last spring, but didn't get around to picking up a copy until AWP this year. I'm glad I did.
I loved Schirmann's prose pieces on what music does and means to the human condition. She name drops songs I don't love and made me think about them in a different light. Her poems were weighted in just the right ways. She isn't pretentious in her delivery and somehow has a grasp on analyzing things that seem unexplainable.
I highly recommend this book.