NEW PALTZ, NEW PALTZ Claire-Louise Bennett’s debut began to

Claire-Louise Bennett’s debut began to attract attention well beyond the expectations of the tiny Irish press that published it

to the poet's friends and lovers in gay bars and bedrooms--form a cast of characters capable of addressing desire

Clark Coolidge

” With her signature incisive perspective

NEW PALTZ, NEW PALTZ Claire-Louise Bennett’s debut began toFrom the press: I thanked the man and left the store and confetti fell slowly inside my heart. Ben is adrift. A fact checker at a New York gossip magazine, he is well versed in the breezy cruelty that makes the modern world go and yet hopelessly drawn to the wonders that world continues to turn up. The hypnotic asymmetry of escalators. A perfectly chilled water fountain. The essential freedom of dogs. Into the stream of this private joy steps a young