Quite simply, Chloe Martinez is smart.  In her poems, she masters the busy life so many lead.

If you want to step aside from raising children and invent another self, you’ll want to join in the effort of affirmation

If your mornings are too hurried for lovemaking, you’ll want to read “Aubade.”

If you ever worry about ancestors who haven’t made it into the “databases,” you’ll want to read the elegy “Mandala of the “Soapy Water.”

If you’re feeling “overwhelmed” by motherhood, you’ll want to read “Motherhood, A Map” so you can feel “amazed” at yourself.

And, if you think men don’t get it, you’ll want to read “Study Finds.”

If you want to read a book full of intelligence and insight, buy and read Chloe Martinez’s Ten Thousand Selves.