"These poignant and deceptively quiet stories are powerhouses of feeling and depth; How to Pronounce Knife is an artful blend of simplicity and sophistication"-Mary Gaitskill

"I love these stories. There's some fierce and steady activity in all of the sentences--something that makes them live, and makes them shift a little in meaning when you look at them again and they look back at you (or look beyond you)"-Helen Oyeyemi

"Souvankham Thammavongsa writes with deep precision, wide-open spaces, and quiet, cool, emotionally devastating poise. There is not a moment off in these affecting stories."-Sheila Heti

"One of the most striking voices to emerge in Canadian poetry in a generation"-The Walrus

"Remarkable"-Toronto Star

"One of Canada's leading minimalists and technicians of negative space"-Quill & Quire

"This new collection confirms Thammavongsa's place as one of the most interesting younger poets at work in the country."-Globe and Mail

"[T]his collection is a landmark in contemporary poetry."-Trillium jury

Now a short film by director Paramita Nath, screened at film festivals worldwide including TIFF, L.A. Shorts Fest, Dok Leipzig and other places.

"Here is a delicate and graceful hand naming the fragile materials of poetry."-Dionne Brand