Reviews
“ Delving deep into history, Wanda Campbell's Daedalus Had a Daughter uses Greek myth to contemplate the condition of womanhood. Daedalus created wings for him and and his young son, Icarus. He warned Icarus not to fly too high as the sun would melt the wax on the wings nor too low as the sea would soak the feathers. Of course, Icarus did not listen. But who was left to tell the tale? Campbell offers an alternative to flying too close to the sun and sinking into the sea in her fourth collection of poetry. Beginning with poems responding to the work of female artists, Campbell takes a page out of Daedalus's book and considers the ways the love of art and the art of love help us transcend the labyrinths of our everyday lives, and that navigation can be wondrous or wondrously difficult.”