Dahlia's Iris: Secret Autobiography and Fiction - Reviews

"Leslie Scalapino's writing reveals how far language-and therefore thought itself-can go beyond what we are accustomed to, and the forms in which she writes delightfully defy our expectations. Yet her work is infused with a seriousness, a passion, a timeliness, and an intelligence with which we profoundly identify. A new book by Leslie Scalapino is-always!-cause for celebration. "

—Lydia Davis

"Dahlia's Iris is a one-of-a-kind work of genius and daring. It exists in a celestial sphere of its own making like a comet that only exists by shattering the invisible warps that are in its path."

—Fanny Howe