"In her second book of poetry, Fiona Sze-Lorrain writes about rifts and departures, memory and experience. With lyricism and restraint, her poems meditate on the bittersweet struggles and inner intensities of a solitary life. Like a vessel moving smoothly on an impressionistic surface, My Funeral Gondola explores time and language, suggesting the dark shapes and emotional currents beneath. These graceful poems arise out of a supremely concentrated attention. "--