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Little Fortress
Rosnau has done a masterful job of using the lives of historical figures as the building blocks of a stunning work of fiction…utterly spell-binding. - Quill & Quire
Our Familiar Hunger
The poems achieve a complex acoustic filled with hunger, voices, and a silent persistence that survives. It’s a vast story. – Arc Poetry
Pluck
Pluck simply glows. From one smart poem to the next, Laisha Rosnau carves through your imagination like she were a hot knife, you were butter. – Michael Dennis
Lousy Explorers
The subtlety with which Rosnau evokes the range of human emotion is striking. Ambition, vulnerability, thoughtlessness, desire – so much is laid bare by the smallest of details. – Globe & Mail
Notes on Leaving
Rosnau has a talent for building a complete atmosphere in a few simple but sacred-sounding words – The McGill Tribune
The Sudden Weight of Snow
Rosnau is one writer whose book lives up to the jacket hype. Her lean prose is spare but juicy…original, funny and rife with insight – Rosnau has exhibited a stunning debut. – Toronto Star