To order from the author within the U.S.A., please send a check for $6.25 for each book (which includes postage and handling) made out to Jan Steckel at PO Box 18797 / Oakland, CA 94619. Please include your name and mailing address.
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“...[T]he singular lyrical tone fused with the pure strength of Steckel's poetry makes this book one I'd recommend to purchase, keep around, and put in the hands of a friend.”
“Whether set in Harvard or outside a trashed van in Mexico, Jan Steckel's poems reveal the full and sometimes terrifying spectrum of the human condition. You will not forget your visit to brave patients in The Underwater Hospital!”
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Pulitzer-prize-nominated writer Marvin R. Hiemstra, author of French Kiss Destiny and editor of the Bay Area Poets Seasonal Review
“There is suffering in Steckel's work but also catharsis, and her willingness to wrestle with misery in broken bodies, broken spirits, and broken hospital equipment makes The Underwater Hospital a book any lover of poetry should read.”
“To read The Underwater Hospital is to enter a world that many
in America choose not to acknowledge, let alone read about. But for
those who do want to know, The Underwater Hospital is an important
addition to the landscape of outrage and protest against current
American public policy.... Jan Steckel's exquisite honesty is what
engages her soul in the task of poetry.
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— Merry Gangemi, writer and editor, producer of Vermont's Tea and Poetry series, and host of Woman-Stirred Radio
