The Light That Puts an End to Dreams: New and Selected Poems

Sherman’s poems are living things, full of love and anger, personal rambles and political slash. This book burns with truth, spreading a light that makes you see things as they are, and pushing you to do something about it. –Bob Holman, author, A Couple of Ways of Doing Something

Susan Sherman questions God like a renegade Talmudic scholar, and somehow her self doubts and affirmations blossom into a rare bouquet. I’d say those flowers are blood-red rubies, for a life lived firmly on earth, with purpose. –Sharon Olinka, author, The Good City and A Face Not My Own

Susan Sherman’s poems have both urgency and elegance. Her new collection fills the air with fragrant memories of activism, ideals and lost love. The suite of poems dedicated to Sor Juana is an exquisite evocation of that poet’s fiery brilliance which is mirrored in Sherman’s own. –Jewelle Gomez, author, The Gilda Stories

This book of commitment and witness is a giving, generous collection that reveals a world of human experience, growth and change through different times and significant historical events. –Linda Hogan, Native American poet