The Transparent Dinner Author:Christine Hamm Christine Hamm's poetry brings the reader into a fairy tale world of dark and dangerous secrets, where a mother is a pile of sticks, a husband can be wished into a cat and a movie can be made from adolescent sexual experiences. Within the imaginative world of The Transparent Dinner, Hamm reveals truths about a woman's intimacies and relationshi... more »ps. Cheryl Burke notes that these poems "give you the feeling you ve just walked into a situation you weren't supposed to witness but can't stop watching." In Hamm's surreal world, the inner child can peek through the bedroom door to observe, with only the faintest threat of punishment.« less