The Dust of Magic

The Dust of Magic is a book about dreams - and the magic they cast on our lives. How they influence us, give us joy, pleasure, delight, and fear. Each poem is an introspective look at how we make our inner lives part of our outer lives, and our outer lives part of our inner lives. Sophia Marshall is a perceptual poet, characterized by her treatment of the senses. She has been compared to e.e. cummings, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Emily Dickinson, and Sappho. She is a credentialed journalist and music critic, as well as a poet, with credits in several jazz journals and other music publications, and she has published letters on politics in The Boston Phoenix. She has a blog, The Flash Boston (theflashboston.com), covering Boston music and culture. She is a transgender woman. She lives in Boston.