Description:
A collection of poetry by a brother and sister pair that explores life in Texas from a multitude of perspectives and voices
Review Quotes:
Relatively Speaking is a triumphant collection of stories in the form of bite-size delectations. The brother-sister authors dish up two halves each of a book that will provide their readers with a splendid hybrid of amuse-bouche-like poems by Chip Dameron followed by miniature dramatic monologues by Betsy Joseph. Each half is so good, so moving, so worthy of their readers' affection, taking them on journeys through time and place. Each part is a beautiful swatch from a familial cloth that produced two distinct but clever and resplendent voices. This book will stir your soul. I am still haunted by it.
Moumin Quazi
Author, Migratory Words
Co-Editor, Langdon Review of the Arts in Texas
I've been very happy to spend time with brother and sister, Chip and Betsy, in this poetry collaboration Relatively Speaking. When I hear siblings described as "so different from one another" as if it is a surprise, I wonder how it could be any other way. In this case, Chip is the naturalist and Betsy, the ventriloquist. Chip's naming is neatly precise, Betsy's women are unsilenced at last. What they celebrate together is the fragile and unbreakable within us and without.
Laurence Musgrove
Author, Bluebonnet Sutras
Editor, Texas Poetry Assignment