PaigeQui簽ones’sincisivedebutpoetrycollectioninvestigatesthetraumaofdesire.Qui簽ones’slyricworldispopulatedwithstarkdualities:procreationandchildlessness,predatorandprey,maniaanddepression.Ahunterpursuesanill-fatedfoxthroughthewoods;heavenispavedwithgirlswhowouldratherdrownthanbeborn;acouplereturnsfromtheirhoneymoontofindastagnantpondintheirmarriagebed.Throughnavigatingtheseduplicities,Qui簽onesarrivesataversionoffemininitythatisatoncefierceandcrystalline,andunmistakablyherown.Shewrites,“Myreflectioncanonlygrowlback,inwateroroil-slickorsilver.Thisisanexerciseinforgiveness.Idipmyfeetin.“TheBestPreychartsthecomplexityofhungerinvivid,visceralterms,andultimatelyarrivesatasenseofselfthatencompassesthecontradictionsofsensuality,violence,andpower.
