…Vitkauskas’ poems combine[s] The Handmaid’s Tale with mad science [plus] the meaningful meaningless dialogue of politics and propaganda. Her poems are filled with wild images yet are also subtle in their devious shifts and proclamations… [her] poems are fun, soothingly frantic, and optimistically generous.

—Daniel Borzutzky, Griffin Poetry Prize (International Shortlist, 2019) & US National Book Award Winner

…Vitkauskas writes like a contemporary Marina Tsvetaeva through a landscape of the uncertain and surreal…

—Sandra Simonds, author of Assia (Noemi Press) & Triptychs (Wave Books); Winner of the Akron Poetry Prize