"Walking down a gray city street one day, I came upon a parrot, brilliantly colored, haplessly out of place, lost, but defiantly free from whoever had the temerity to try to cage it to begin with. I think of that parrot every time I read Lisa Carver.
"Lover of Leaving is a disparate body of soul-baring essays that span the globe, evoking the madness of Syd Barrett and the wit of Amy Sedaris. The reader is invited to let go go linear thinking and trust-fall into the absolute mess that is the meaning of being human."
--Jeff Gould, author of A Life Concussed
"Lisa Carver is an inspiration to fucked up women everywhere!"
--Laura Chimbly, musician