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Trudie Murrell’s Dashboard Cartographer starts with good ol’ fashioned [male] freedom symbols – cars and hittin’ the road – but puts women at the wheel for a hairpin turn into something unexpected: Love. Realization. Acceptance. Self-acceptance. With a gentle humorthat belies the deep emotion of these poems, Murrell’s keen, almost technical eye rides shotgun to her humanity and compassion. Her seemingly-effortless observations are beautifully rendered moments of clarity along the travel route, coming like streetlights one after another to show the way. If there is still sweetness and truth to be found in simply loving one another, this collection provides us with a perfect roadmap to it. – Emily XYZ
Trudie Murrell’s Dashboard Cartographer starts with good ol’ fashioned [male] freedom symbols – cars and hittin’ the road – but puts women at the wheel for a hairpin turn into something unexpected: Love. Realization. Acceptance. Self-acceptance. With a gentle humorthat belies the deep emotion of these poems, Murrell’s keen, almost technical eye rides shotgun to her humanity and compassion. Her seemingly-effortless observations are beautifully rendered moments of clarity along the travel route, coming like streetlights one after another to show the way. If there is still sweetness and truth to be found in simply loving one another, this collection provides us with a perfect roadmap to it. – Emily XYZ