The poems in Heidi Seaborn's first book are as concerned with the physical as the metaphysical; the visceral past as the meditative present. Give a Girl Chaos reminds us of how tenuous and shape-shifting this life is, yet how even chaos has redeeming qualities: "[c]haos is the way in."

Maggie Smith, Author, Good Bones

Heidi Seaborn's Give a Girl Chaos (see what she can do) is a startling first collection. Seaborn's poetry pays homage to the chaotic world we live in--a world replete with love, divorce, death, rebirth, and family secrets-- and transforms this chaos into an maelstromic feast of the senses. Give a Girl Chaos sings of hornet nests, butterfly hordes, moths in bed, and the depths of the heart. We travel through the intricacies of girlhood and womanhood, transforming memory. Deftly lyrical, she seeks language as her compass and verbs as her luggage. In this journey, in this world, Seaborn beautifully asks us to build galaxies amidst the havoc: "I see myself raise my son's finger/to trace the big dipper little dipper/drizzling/honey onto this/and every night."

Jane Wong, Author, Overpour

A globetrotting executive turned poet, Heidi Seaborn tells the story of a girl finding her path and a woman, her power through poems that engage even the occasional poetry reader. If you read only one book of poetry this year, make it Give a Girl Chaos (and see what she can do)."

Pattie Sellers, Founder, Fortune Most Powerful Women