“One might say that Hard Some, on the whole, is a book of sustained resistance, as much as it is about a sustained and thoughtful presence.”
— rob mclennan
“The poems in Hard Some mysteriously invite us to reflect on something almost spiritual: the ways that relationships change us. It is in our capacity to love that our transformation lies. To hurt the people we love, and to make amends; to understand our capability to hurt the people we love, and to resist hurting them. This is how we are changed; this is how we change.” — Michael Quinn, Gertrude Press
“In Higdon’s hands, everything connects to everything else, and the interplay here is magical, existing as a series and sequence of lights revealing the multiple threads throughout the whole.” — rob mclennan
“Hailey Higdon’s poems can be read over and over, while holding different truths each time yet never contradicting the others.” — AnnaLee Barclay, Atticus Review