“Dusseau belongs to the tradition of the poète maudit in that she loves to explode every form of spiritual pretense and societal stupor, but the truer character of her poetry comes of her affection: for science, for pop culture, for holding on to her rust belt roots, and to her individuality as a woman of her time. Think of her setting as a bowling alley, and her muse as Darwin. Dusseau is steel-tough, book-smart, and street-ready, and everywhere in The Body Tries Again, she carries a sense of uncompromising delight”