Drawing inspiration from sources as varied as Sappho and Rumi,
Marilyn Hacker and Dionne Brand, Slip is both an
examination of the nature of love and an exploration of form.
Contrasting the extreme, excessive, and obsessive nature of
physical love-how the lover loses herself and like the worst addict
is able to justify anything for one more touch-with the often-harsh
reality of those choices, Queyras has created a breathless,
beautiful, and powerful work of rare and raw honesty.