In Songs of Chaos, Suter twists familiar happenings into unknown paths, crafting a compelling narrative that can plunge the reader into a secretive darkness (as in "Under the Lighthouse," "Marionette," or "The Stone Garden"), while at the same time illuminating the themes of courage and resilience. At times darkly humorous, and at others filled with anguish or gleaming in sudden blazes of unbound happiness, these poems and poetic proses bear a rare veracity that is bound to remain with the reader long after having finished the book. - Federica Santini, author of Io era una bella figura una volta, and editor of Deconstructing the Model in 20th and 21st-Century Italian Experimental Writings Strong invention and pleasurable music await readers of this book of poems. The experience will lead the reader through many pathways and byways of sound and sense; and, though their coordinates may not easily materialize later, there will be no forgetting the memory of a progress through strange, even haunt- ing soundscapes. - Al Shoaf, author of Language to Live In & Erotic Reckonings