"Zoe Whittall might just be the cockiest, brashest, funniest,toughest, most life-affirming, elegant, scruffy, no-holds-barred writerto emerge from Montreal since Mordecai Richler." -- The Globe and Mail "Whittalis able to compactly reveal the sadness, anxiety, madness, and desireof her poetic subjects, using potent imagery and dark humour." -- Montreal Review of Books "ZoeWhittall's book of poetry begins with a sense of frustration: 'You havelove and the word love, but the two will never meet.' Once into thisattractively packaged collection, you can quickly deem Whittall'sfrustration with language unnecessary. Her words, dense with meaning,flow in such a serene manner that they beg to be read aloud. With thesewords, Whittall transforms you into a shameless voyeur, peering into thespeaker's strangest emotions and wildest weekends." --Broken Pencil "Zoe Whittall's works in The Emily Valentine Poems will have you smiling, sneering, smirking, and just plain irking in no time at all." -- Black Heart Magazine "This reminds me that I would like to know everything about this person.

" --Eileen Myles "Zoe Whittall's poems are snake bite cures masquerading as candy." --RM Vaughan "Whittall'sbig sense of humour is the under-coat on all these poems but it doesn'ttake much reminding that the serious side of Zoe Whittall is stonecold." --Michael Dennis.