Review "The sky is closer here..." Joanna Lee writes in her new collection, Dissections, where she melds the scientific study of the body's internal parts to the literary analysis of texts and their reflections. What emerge are powerful poems, rich in detail, fueled by the documentation of fact and explored relationships. Through found forms, alert line breaks, and sonic diction Lee teaches us, "there is salt, and there is salt." That in this world there is another 'nested' world, where the poet intimately bridges the mundane and holy, where Lee's robust poems ring out for you and me, for ..".God, / mathematicians & all."Dorinda Wegener, Co-Founder of Trio House Press About the Author Never having formally studied English or creative writing past high school, Joanna Lee instead focused on the sciences, earning her MD from the Medical College of Virginia in 2007 and a further Master's Degree in Applied Science (neuroscience) from the College of William and Mary in 2010; her writing life focuses particularly on the overlap of creativity and healing. Joanna's poetry has been published in a number of online and print journals, including Rattle, Caduceus, Floodwall, and The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, and has been nominated for both Best of the Net and Pushcart prizes. A leading force behind Richmond's River City Poets, Joanna teaches workshops and makes possible a wide range of literary happenings from Shockoe Slip to South of the James. She is currently serving as Board Chair of the James River Writers, and lives in Richmond's Northside with her fiance John and their cat Max.