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Book SynopsisAmerican poet Mei-mei Berssenbrugge makes her New Directions debut with this breathtaking new collection
Trade Review"Every collection of poems by Berssenbrugge is a literary step forward.
Hello, the Roses performs a quantum leap. The book is exhilarating. Thoughts, feelings, and perceptions churn. With her powerful command of words redoubled by a meditative patience, she captures a secret rhythm, into which she weaves lines that surprise us with their accuracy, their submission to experience." -- Etel Adnan - Artforum
"A vital hymn. Few living poets are as able to enter headlong into the spiritual state of our environment and its endangerment. Ethereal and metaphysical,
Hello, the Roses presents one of the best minds in modern history." -- Major Jackson - The New York Times
