Chondra Sanchez is a child of Walt Whitman, her poems cascade vibrant lists that paint for us the world we share, as she does the subtle math of gracious equivocation that unburdens us of hierarchal thinking. The poems are full of Nature and the wild, even as they speak of domesticity and the city. There is beauty among the refuse, and meaning in the mundane.”

— Jane Lecroy, poet and author of Signature Play, teacher at Uptown Stories NYC

“In Saving For A Mausoleum, Sanchez both wittingly breaks your heart and carefully mends it again. Her endearing fables of New York life are both haunting and deeply relatable — a love letter to the moments we’ve all lived but so often take for granted.”

—- Natalie Zfat, Forbes Women

Saving For A Mausoleum is, in itself, an affirmation of life.”

—- Sara Farrell Baker, O Magazine, Huffpost


Saving for a Mausoleum will move you, touch you and inspire you to see the world with fresh eyes, eyes shaded with just a touch of melancholy. Echert’s poems swell with emotion and do the work of balancing a light dancing joy with the daily tragedies of life.”

—- Misha Lazzara, Author of Manmade Constellations