Jefferson’s review of Wanda Coleman’s Heart First into This Ruin: The Complete American Sonnets (Black Sparrow Press 2022) was published in The Adroit Journal.
“The experience of reading sonnet after sonnet through Coleman’s relentless rebellion within, yet also adherence to, the form is like riding the Magnum over and over again at Cedar Point. At one time the fastest and tallest roller coaster in the world, there may be plenty of other exciting rides at the park, but there’s no way you’re going on them. Once you’ve experienced the rush of the sonnet in Coleman’s hands, it’s difficult to go on any other ride.”
