Invisible Woman brings together thematically appropriate earlier poems as a kind of coda to (Joyce Carol) Oates's most recent gathering (Women whose Lives Are Food, Men Whose Lives Are Money, 1978). In these poems exploring love, bereavement, the paradoxical nature of "invisibility," as well as other aspects of life, we hear a voice that is both detached and penetrating, analytical and passionate. Invisible Woman will firmly establish Joyce Carol Oates as a distinctive voice in contemporary poetry.
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What are the legends we invent,what are the tales spun of usin rooms we leave too quickly -- Invisible Woman
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(Ontario Review Press, 1 May 1982, hardback, 97 pages, bought from @AmazonUK)
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I enjoyed Invisible Women a lot. I read this book many years ago and can remember very little about the poems it contains. The language used in the poetry is a crisp and engaging as her fiction. This was a pleasure to read. The collection is split into five sections. I enjoyed all of the poems but especially Invisible Woman, The Proofs of God, Black Country, Boredom and Ice Age. I'd recommend this.
