“Sysko’s witty debut skewers the patriarchy in poems that explore and upend the various societal roles women are expected to play … This whip-smart collection is a playful celebration of feminine power.” Read the complete review
“‘The daughter’ bounces from underworld to Olympus, from grocery to garage. She’s a subsistence feminist, farming her own narrow suburban parcel, pressing bloody hands together in prayerful thanks for the roughest rock in her plot so that she can sit a while. She’s lucky and unlucky; she’s aging yet forever stuck back where the damage …
“This book tells the story of many heroines in ways I’ve never heard them before … The Daughter of Man is often relatable, full of recognizable bits of pop culture from Sysko’s depiction of an ’80s childhood to present. But this is not a light book … Sometimes playful and sometimes tormented, she experiments with narrative, shape, …
