In Listen and Leap, Valerie Griggs provides an immersive experience as her words flow on a mind stream fueled by bubbling subconscious connection. Starlight falls like rain, subways run under tons of city and boats become dragons in her vividly drawn world. Hers is the outsider's clarity, the observer's keen vision, yet she feels the world deeply, struggling to "draw form from stone" and find the truth of self. A remarkable debut collection!