"The voice of these poems is so alert - often urgent, occasionally defiant - you can hear Lindsay Adkins telling you every perfectly-chosen word. You, meanwhile, are seated at her fire, gratefully. This may be a first book, but with Fixing the Halo, a full-blown artist steps forward and declares, 'I am'." - Roger Rosenblatt
"It would be reductive to say that Adkins uses her words to speak what women before her couldn't. Fixing the Halo is bone deep in conversation with those women - listening, asking questions, looking for answers, offering comfort, acting as medium. In a style that is bold and generous, Adkins can conjure the ashes from long-gone churches, lay bare the ancient and everyday sacrifices of our mothers and sisters, and decode the epithets hiding in her grandmother's gestures. This collection is a wondrous and sensual contribution to the ever-evolving language we use to talk about, and internalize, a feminine legacy." - Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones
"Lindsay Adkins is the real deal; a poet with heart. Fixing the Halo astonished me, beginning to end. Eloquent. Celebratory. Gut-wrenching. Beautiful. Yes. It's that good!" - Alexis Rhone Fancher