On Emily Moore

While the subject of Emily Moore's poems may often seem to be frailty, her true subject is forcefulness. This young poet manages to glance in the direction of her great namesake, Marianne, the doyenne of armor-beaters, while keeping her eye fixed on the matter in hand and forging her own sturdy chain-mail.

—Paul Muldoon, author of numerous books of poetry, including the 2003 Pulitzer Prize-winning Moy Sand and Gravel. He teaches at Princeton University and the University of Oxford.