Zaran hits her readers with a stellar collection of modern incantations. Full of feeling and gorgeous pedagogy, her works illuminate and mesmerize both readers and writers alike. Zaran's honest voice delivers a montage of events rich in charm and celebration. Here is an impressive litany of the human spirit, a gathering of intimate joy for all existence. It's a collection of poetry to be celebrated and studied. Take notes. Zaran is the poet this generation has been waiting for, a true advocate of recording life with all its wonder, all its glory, and all its uncertainty. This book confirms the truth that The Blondes Lay Content.

--Tony R. Rodriguez, author of The Disappearance and the Slow Awakening, Rapid Eye Metaphors, and the forth coming book "simplicity regurgitated: poems and shorts"

Zaran's words are a glowing iron, searing what they touch with her unique imprint. These poems are starkly beautiful, humble, and knowing. 'The Blondes Lay Content' is a compelling mix of innocence and old-soul, daring revelation and honest speak. It's a book I will read again, and often.

- C.E. Laine (poet and editor)

I have read the previews and have read Lisa on Xanga for over a year. She writes with such passion and directness that I am often blown away with the richness of her poems. I am betting that "The Blondes Lay Content" is a worthy read.
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