In Update on Leda and the Swan, Alba Cruz-Hacker begins, 'A kick-ass blow 8239 a giant wing's turned weak, trapped by the heel of a patent leather boot, ' turning both Yeats and Zeus on their heads in a sonnet as wisely parodic as it is elegantly composed. It is tempting, therefore, to call 'kick-ass' the impressive debut by this Dominican-American poet, but that would hardly serve the range and richness of a collection by turns earthy and polished, angry and meditative, confessional and political, sensual and acutely intellectual.8239No Honey for Wild Beasts is a complete and stunning accomplishment in itself, but it is also radiant with the promise of a brilliant career. br B. H. Fairchild, author of Early Occult Memory br Systems of the Lower Midwest p No Honey for Wild Beasts is an anthem, heart song, lamentation, and freedom cry. In skillfully wrought, passionate, and searingly honest poems, Alba Cruz-Hacker explores the exaltations of women's experiences, as well as exposing the