A review by triciajk
Meadowlands by Louise Glück

5.0

This is a wonderful exploration of marriage, motherhood, and divorce told with the voices of the characters closest to Odysseus' domestic life, including Penelope, Telemachus, and Circe. I personally loved the poems "Ithaca" and "Circe's Power” for the silent, unseen strength possessed within the voices of these narrators. The agency Gluck gives to Penelope and Circe is so rich with the empathy and self-awareness that resonates in all of her work. There is a reason she was the US Poet Laureate for 2003-2004. I recommend her as a poet and this book with all my heart <3