Down Spooky by Shanna Compton
Faculty - Creative Writing at The New School
Bloof Books, 2005
“Shanna Compton’s Down Spooky is a little bit Texas and a whomping dose of New York School. Ms. Compton has a great ear and a good eye for the telling detail, and this gifted poet doesn’t mince words. I like that. I like these poems a lot. There is something quotable, something memorable on every page of Down Spooky.” —Tom Beckett
“Shanna Compton steps up to the plate as a new breed of adventure-seeking wordsmith. Check in here for daring flares of language, jocular and dancing, with a direct address to the populous of peoples and their props. Get refreshed, and get Down Spooky.” —Lisa Jarnot