Churches are fixed structures that enable intangible beliefs. In Some Churches, Tasha Cotter gives words similar power to transform. Each poem in this collection is like a penance, a salve when we are strangled by the walls, when we feel like only shell and shadow. Here’s a book that fills the spaces between what we say / aloud with tight lines and fresh thoughts; a worthy poetic companion as we drink the galaxy and try to locate an edge. –Nick Ripatrazone