“ Untrussed takes the reader along on a journey—both geographic and emotional—from a beach paradise to the Platte River, from the Taj Mahal to the ‘semen-scented streets’ of Phoenix, from the discovery of love and passion to the ‘bed’s blank page’ and ‘subtle turns’ that signal the dissolution of a marriage. ‘Full is her fire is her thought is her promise’ in this fully achieved collection of poems.”—Grace Bauer, author of Beholding Eye
“In Untrussed Christine Stewart-Nuñez explores the risk inherent in daring to love. These are not poems that can be sailed out into the night. They will return to boomerang the heart.”—Vivian Shipley, author of The Poet
“ Untrussed is dedicated to the poet’s loves, and we meet them on every page of this tight, entertaining, and complex collection. You might even think it liberating—making good on its title with every word.”—Lisa Lewis, author of The Body Double
“The speaker of these poems takes the reader from romance to divorce, to renewal and reassessment and rebirth. She is always speculative and alert no matter how depressed he is. We love this speaker of the senses, her world packed with signs and memorials.”—Hilda Raz, author of All Odd and Splendid
