PRAISE FOR BIRTH OF EROS

“Debra Di Blasi’s novel Birth of Eros is unsettling, exciting, and brilliant from its first page to its last.”
–David Gutowski, Largehearted Boy

“Di Blasi uses language tempered with a rollicking rhythm that propels the narrative forward but also pulls it up short when it’s the right thing to do. There are no wrong steps in this novel, no wrong words, no wrong twists or turns.... a tight little fist of a book, gut-punching the American Dream.”
–Patrick Parks, The Millions

 “Di Blasi’s gift for lyrical prose ranks her among our most nimble wordsmiths, an author whose voice sings in a thousand different tunes—and yet remains distinctly recognizable...searing imagination and red-hot literary courage.”
–Jacob M. Appel, Exacting Clam
 
“Combining pinhole focus with a deftly bounding poetic style that I am honestly hard-pressed to compare to much of anyone, Di Blasi flies loop-de-loops of language across every page, stringing together alliterations and portmanteaus and synecdoches and onomatopoeias with a rhythmic, run-on zeal that made me want to hire a jazz drummer to improvise behind my BarcaLounger, quietly brushing snares and hi-hats while I read. This is a little book full to the brim with big ideas, and big feeling.”
–Dave Fitzgerald, Heavy Feather Review

"I love it. Poetical. Powerful....funny, irreverent, raw, erotic, intense…. It blew me away, not only as a writer but as a reader…. Buy it. Seek it out.... I highly recommend you read this book."
-Zak Ferguson, Articulate Warbling video reviews


"Birth of Eros is a unique examination of an American period of emerging values and the scum under the surface. Di Blasi’s narrative presents a fantastically memorable voice and story about how people were forced to change at the midpoint of the 20th century and what they had to gain and lose to survive."
–Alex Carrigan, The Temz Review