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In addition to portmanteaus, this book by Niccel Steinberger features poems from the last twenty years. At a time when Emil Steinberger was not yet her husband, he once wrote to her about some of these poems: "With every line, you prompt us to think further. Often we go in the wrong direction, but you bring us back to your train of thought with the next line. You are a fool - pardon! - a foolish woman, for I believe they expressed themselves like this: concise, mischievous, true, and yet encrypted. And the themes you touch upon are fresh: you manage to articulate interpersonal, even intimate moments in words that meet us elegantly and humorously, like caresses." One wouldn't want to add anything more to that, for as Emil concluded back then: "In brevity lies quality. Short, but often. So, Niccel, more often.".