"She is known as a poet whose work openly speaks out against abuse, and her second collection is no less provocative than her first...Rose's fury is as masterful as it is humane, her poetry as haunting as it is vibrant."
-- Clarice Foster, The Globe and Mail, April 20, 2006

"...wit with teeth.”
-- Marion K. Stocking, Beloit Poetry Journal, Vol. 52, Number 2, Winter 2001-02, review of Best American Poetry 2001

“…not a work for the faint of heart…What is amazing is that Rose is able to speak of the unspeakable in such an unspeakably beautiful way.”
-- Ronnie R. Brown, Canadian Bookseller Vol 22