This book is full of what might be called "interstitials" — minute details and moments in time that resonate with a certain unexpected power, in between (and sometimes overshadowed by) what might seem like the "big" moments. The poems in these pages are at once personal, passionate and purposeful, as well as topical and relatable to readers interested in politics as much as pop culture. These themes appear throughout Buxbaum's previous books of poetry, but now manifest in a manner that reflects the increasing maturity of the writer.
“A wide-ranging work, tackling love, loss, partnership, self, family, place, and so many other things. There is much here that speaks to me. More than one poem stopped me in my tracks and made me read again. Not because I didn’t understand, but because I wanted to feel it again.”
"Caitlin’s latest book of poetry shows you the extraordinary in the ordinary things, drawing from personal, familial and intimate relationships of the past and present. Interstitials is a collection that threads together the history, emotion and experience of a lifetime in pieces that I want to share with my own loved ones."
"[Reading this book], I found myself in a bubble with Buxbaum, viewing us both through the doors of her poems. Her voice and style are clear and strong as she connects us to the everyday and beyond, from moments of reflection in her own backyard to her travels in Africa. Interstitials gives insight to what it means to be a young poet in the 21st century, while reflecting emotional maturity, and challenging the reader to reach that same end."
“... a joy to spend time with.”
