“It is so good to be reminded of what only poetry can do by Sarah Louise Garrido’s Faithful Error. This book is full of life, of questions, of attention, of the marvelous errors that lead us again and again into, and out of, and back into belief. It is genuine in its questioning and its love of the world. It is funny and smart and kind and humble in all the right ways. I really loved reading this book and am grateful it is in the world.”
—Matthew Zapruder

“This is a book about becoming—in crisp language and sharp images that refresh us to the joys and pains of longing. Both patient and urgent, the speakers exist in worlds that function as backdrops to the drama both enacted and, at times, endured. Faithful Error demonstrates how one can be faithful to the outcomes of our errors while receiving a kind of trust back, or love. That gift is what makes these poems thrum in every line.”
—Chris Davidson

“Sarah Louise Garrido’s Faithful Error reckons with nature, both animal and human. Meticulous in their close looking, these poems capture shifting landscapes of mystery and feeling. Fog rises. A newborn cries. Rainwater slides down a sidewalk. The world distills itself under Garrido’s searching gaze, each line of each poem unfolding in a burst of insight and experience.”
—Bruce Snider