The Girl Who Talked to Paintings Quitab Editions The ghazals in Nūr Mélange

The ghazals in Nūr Mélange explore the complexities of the human condition and offer profound insights for the reader

Woven into one of a kind figurative language (“poems liquefy and roll out of my ears like mercury”) are observations and honesty that are not only powerful but also eerily resonant

shows her appreciation for the subtlety of craft

in the spaces Merchant skillfully creates between what we are grateful for

"In this new and startling collection

The Girl Who Talked to Paintings Quitab Editions The ghazals in Nūr MélangeThe first poem from Shannon K. Winstons The Girl Who Talked to Paintings associates Joan Mirs Triptych Bleu with the beginning of a relationship. Trekking back and forth between her house and her lovers, the speaker explains, The sidewalk appeared like black ovals beneath my feet where the snow had melted. These tiny openings. These ekphrastic poems brilliantly open and open into the speakers story. What struck me, over and over again, is how far