Spanning three decades of life experience, "The Reporter Gene" examines childhood, parenthood, loss, and the resonance of place. Readers familiar with the Atlantic states--its cities and deepest rural areas--will recognize the landscape of these works. Nessa Burns Reifsnyder, daughter of a poet and a jazz musician, inherited the "reporter gene" of the title: an unsparing, straightforward storytelling instinct, with flashes of emotional verve befitting an improviser.
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By Nessa Burns Reifsnyder
Sep 7, 2012
Posted by the author on 9/7/12: I received this review today via e-mail from a reader...deeply appreciate her perspective on "The Reporter Gene", as well as her inventive style. Marie Bartsch writes: "Came home. Made lunch/Folded laundry/Washed kitchen floor/Sat down to read a poem or two/Became entranced/Read for almost 2 hours/Some a balmy salve/Some raw/Some frightening/Some sad/Some delightful/Some emotional/Some bring joy and wonder,/Some sentimentality/ALL AMAZING! I think this is a valuable read in that it expresses a lot of life - not just a flowery collection of poems. I am sure I will be reading these again and again as well as the ones I have not read yet." --Marie Bartsch, Bar Harbor, Maine
