“The level of resonant detail in Curtin’s poetry is breathtaking—descriptions of moments, both grand and mundane, that perfectly encompass the emotional melting pot of pride, love, terror, hope, and gratitude inherent in parenting. Things Hard and Lovely is lovely indeed, and hard in the same way as a diamond—compressed by pressure into something stronger and more beautiful.”

-Audrey Burges, author of The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone. 

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"I am happy to say that I have finally found a modern poet whose words make sense, who can drive home a pithy thought with the deft strokes of her keyboard, who makes me love poetry all over again."- Jennie Robertson 

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