The Scented Fox

Selected by Alice Notley for the National Poetry Series, Laynie Browne's sixth collection casts a spell. In these fragmented poetic tales, characters disappear and reemerge, their charms reconfigured, their stories unraveling, their happy endings elusive. The book's coda consists of a fantastical poetic dictionary, asking readers to redefine their sense of meaning. **Laynie Browne** was born in 1966 and grew up in Los Angeles. She is the author of six collections of poetry, including *Daily Sonnets* and *Mermaid's Purse.* She has taught creative writing at the University of Washington Bothell and Mills College.