-Dr. Andy Jones, Poet Laureate Emeritus, Davis, California

Jean Biegun's poems lead us gently but firmly through the everyday and the ethereal. Probing the spectrum of existence from discovery to death and the afterlife, she does not look away from what discourages but allows bravery and hope to outweigh despair. In undercurrents of environmental concern, she weaves together what we find and what we store for unknown tomorrows.

-JoAnn Anglin, author of Heat and Words Like Knives, Like Feathers

Jean Biegun's second book of poetry, Edge Effects, is a treasure to read. She is not afraid to tell us what she doesn't know but her words bring one to edges, to a feeling of something akin to holy. Aware of pain both phantom and real, she tells us of ordinary people like the old man folded into his years or the boy on the corner begging for coins. Jean is one with nature, even a small spider noticing her as she watches it crawl on her table. A deep understanding of people also makes her one with the human heart that needs sanctuary in an innocent room.

-Allegra Silberstein, Poet Laureate Emerita Davis CA