A review by nearfutures
Evolution by Eileen Myles

This is my first Myles book and it's very different from a lot of poetry that I've been reading. It read as very casual and stream-of-conscience in a way that I have an intuitive resistance to, but the sort of peripatetic quality of the poems is I think in fact very intentional and quite effective for a good chunk of the book. I wish there had been a little more variance in form (a lot of very short lines, enjambment as nearly the only syntax) but that's a personal quibble and not a flaw with the book. A lot to think about!