Lisa Robertson's Magenta Soul Whip is a cool customer. Many pleasing choices went into the book's design to make it so, from the eponymous title—at once underscoring and holding at arm's length the identity of the poet—to the non-magenta cover, which is chartreuse with a substantial, sanded feel. 'MY FIDELITY IS MY OWN DISASTER' is stamped in silver on the back: what a beginning, or end! The poems inside more than make good on the promise of the design.
