These poem-stories are a strange retelling of seventeen Grimms fairy tales, incl
uding "Snow White," "Rumpelstiltskin," "Rapunzel," "The Twelve Dancing Princesse
s," "The Frog Prince," and "Red Riding Hood." Astonishingly, they are as wholly
personal as Anne Sexton's most intimate poems. "Her metaphoric strength has neve
r been greater -- really funny, among other things, a dark, dark laughter" (C.K.
Williams).
