Upon publication, Without Asking received widespread acclaim, including this in the New York Village Voice: Journalist Ransom's first collection of poems is like a sheaf of homunculus short stories. The scale is an inch to a mile, but these poems leave out nothing you could ask for in the best fiction: character, conflict, ambiguity, even plot. A couple of phrases and a metaphor do the work of whole chapters. Her subject is secrecy: an alcoholic father hides the empties as if they were Easter eggs," a lonely, terrifying brother throws his 13-year-old sister on the bed and begs her to make love with him. Recognizing that early pain can have complicated consequences, Ransom replaces self-pity with sympathy, anger, and honesty"--
| Author: Jane Reavill Ransom |
| Publisher: Story Line Press |
| Publication Date: June 15, 2021 |
| Number of Pages: 70 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 1586540688 |
| ISBN-13: 9781586540685 |
