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In The Furies, Moira Egan offers fierce feminist reimaginings of familiar myths and narratives, from Arachne to Echo, from Medusa and Mary Magdalene to the female characters of The Odyssey, in verse that highlights the value of solidarity and collective strength among women. With dazzling erudition and playful ingenuity, she deploys exuberant wordplay and traditional poetic forms to subvert the patriarchal canon. At the heart of the book is a profound exploration of voice, not least the ongoing silencing of women's voices: Egan blends righteous anger with grief, ultimately finding hope in the transformative power of language.
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"The Furies reminds us once again why Moira Egan is one of the most influential poets of our time. With an inimitable voice, she tackles intense subjects like desire and womanhood with sharp wit and unflinching truth, all while maintaining her technical mastery."
Alexis Sears
"Egan understands received forms' emotional and psychological layers: sonnet sequences as community gathering or anagrams as sensuous, private conversation. The Furies is intelligent, biting, and earthy."
Derrick Austin
"Formally inventive, darkly funny, and subversively neoclassical, Moira Egan's The Furies is brilliantly contrary. I never do exactly as I should, the speaker confesses in 'Flawed.' All of the poems comprising the collection fearlessly (mis)behave in this way. While Furies alludes to the goddesses of vengeance, it also suggests a sweeping destruction. That said, poets must break a few eggs, so to
Nicole Sealey, author of The Ferguson Report: An Erasure and Ordinary Beast