Critical Commentary
“A prolific, astonishingly talented poet, Knorr, much like [Elizabeth] Bishop, is the sort of poet to which one can return again and again with joy. With humor and resilience, as well as an appreciation for the precarity of the body and the dangers of our current age, she is a poet who understands love as the taproot of self-discovery and survival.” --Sarah Giragosian, Green Mountains Review
“Ambitious. Inventive. Playful. Knorr explores big issues, fuses together classic literature and pop culture, and utilizes each poem to create a compelling narrative [….] Knorr has a real ear for language, and the magic she is capable of can be found on almost every page. [….] The cumulative effect of Knorr’s style and subject matter makes for an entertaining, insightful, and fast-paced read. [….] This is poetry for those who might not yet know they like poetry” --Brian Burmeister, Newfound
“In the growing, diverse sea of queer poets, Knorr’s [poetry] distinguishes itself with tight inventive language [….] [Knorr’s chapbook Ballast] is a collection my young queer self desperately needed. While reading, I found myself wishing someone would have handed this book to me at nineteen.” –Allison Blevins, Harbor Review
“Sincere even in its playful and fantastic moments, Knorr’s poetics emerges from a deep groove of mourning all that we have to lose and will certainly lose […] In that mourning, though, runs an illimitable current of open-hearted reverence that is the best of humanity and beyond its possession.” --Elizabeth Savage, author of Idylliad
“Knorr’s poems contain such a heart to them, one that is aware of the complicated ethics of its own endeavor, and one that does it quite artfully and seamlessly too.” --JD Scott, Real Pants
“Knorr powerfully mixes tragedy with comedy, reminding us that they are two masks best worn together” -Dan Rosenberg, The Georgia Review
“Beautiful and wily, there’s a facile poetic voice at work here. Poems tackle romantic love as easily as gallows humor, pop culture as easily as literary canon. Whether it’s on the level of diction or ideation, [Knorr’s book] Mega-City Redux enfolds high and low culture into something that’s intimate, immediate, and conversational.” --Letitia Montgomery-Rodgers, The Los Angeles Review
“Knorr’s multi-faceted word choices and imagery allow her to weave the most mundane with wonder or menace.” –Jennifer Martelli, Glint Journal
