"The great surprises are poets Honoree Fanonne Jeffers and Fred Chappell and relative newcomer Marian Carcache, all of whom use economy of language and near perfect detail to create transcendent stories."
     -- Library Journal on anthology "Crossroads: Tales of the Southern Literary Fantastic" --

"Marian Carcache provides a master class in economical storytelling. Her "The Moon and the Stars" is by turns grubby, beautiful, sensuous and tragic."
     -- Nick Smith, author and filmmaker --

"Under the Arbor is one of the most charming works to appear on the operatic stage in decades."
     -- Kirk Browning, director "Live from Lincoln Center" --