Throwing the Diamond Hitch

[The book is] unlike any poetry book I?d encountered previously and took me by surprise? I came to see this more as epic poetry in the tradition of Homer and the Odyssey. It?s a tale of adventure. Breaking the story into poetry fragments allows us to see the journey from a variety of perspectives. It would make a great book for discussion in a book club.

- Susanne Reymer, The Billings Gazette

An intriguing portrait of these two fiercely independent women on an unlikely and unusual journey.

- Rob McLennan, Rob McLennan's Blog

Emily Ursuliak's Throwing the Diamond Hitch offers an insightful and endearing literary testament of Phyllis and Anne's 1951 trip from the west coast to the Rockies and back again. The story ties together many seeming dichotomies: the mixture of poetry and prose, the factual accounts from the journal and literary interpretations, third person omniscience and first person accounts, and the triumph of Anne and Phyllis' individuality and the connection to the community they discover. This omnipresent layering leaves you longing to return to the story to unweave that hitch, but it is this literary knot that makes the work so intriguing in the first place.- Logan Pollon, Freefall Magazine

This cycle of poems had everything I wanted and more.[The]rollicking tale of the bravery and adventurousness of two incredible women on the Canadian plains is sure to please.

- Megan Clark, Broken Pencil