CURRIN, Jen. The Ends. Vancouver: Nomados, 2013. Limited Edition. Stapled wrappers. 216x137mm. 30pp. Fine.

"The Ends teases out the disappointments and unresolvable aftereffects of loss -- grief, heartbreak, forgetting. Between the pursuit of certain selves and oblivion are the elliptical suggestions these poems offer, quiretly challenging the reader with hints of self-deception and attentiveness. In The Ends, hurt is not somehting to be avoided but to be reached into slowly, like a magician's hat. These poems pause and lament and ask you to listen harder for unexpected sequences." – Alex Leslie