Reviews of Deposition

“Moving and mysterious, the poems in Ford’s first collection possess the veiled brilliance of stained glass windows seen at night.” —The New York Times Book Review

“A promising first collection.” —Library Journal

 "Unavoidable and unforgettable." —Iowa Press-Citizen

 "Ford's treatment of her theme is one of the best in poetry since Jean Cocteau's 'The Crucifixion.'" —St. Louis Post Dispatch

 “Rarely is poetry of such extremity—extremity of experience, extremity of spiritual practice and insight—presented in a style which manages to both horrify and still break the heart, and, if not soothe, then at least find those reaches in the reader where there is compassion so open it awaits no recompense. Here is a poetry of witnessing—theological, emotional, intellectual—a private end to a century’s horrors, a reminder that not all things begin again, and that from some reaches of experience instruction shines far less than the beauty of the survivor’s report.” —Jorie Graham

“Katie Ford is young, vibrant, evocative and brilliant. Her images are powerful, her insights into life are stunning.” —John Shelby Spong, author of A New Christianity for a New World

"The brief, succinct, and evocative verse brings forward turbulent emotion in this exceptionally well-wrought and highly recommended collection." —Midwest Book Review

"Ford writes with grace, elegance and an ability to layer myth upon myth, resonance upon resonance. . . . Exhilarating." —Wapsipinicon Almanac