Description
Book SynopsisIncludes twenty-two poems as well as excerpts from all of the author' four previous books. Epitomized by the worldly longing of the title poem, with its comic bravura, the poems resonate throughout the collection, particularly with the earliest poem included here, the much-anthologized Baseball, a bird's-eye view of human foibles and passions.
Trade Review"Colloquial as well as eloquent, pitch perfect no matter how difficult her material, Gail Mazur has found a way to write that is completely responsive to her remarkable qualities of mind. She gives us the exact feel of our disquieting republic, the uncanny way in which love, hope, and endurance are shot through by contingency, dread, and estrangement. Full of warmth, humor and a dry-eyed toughness, her work is a superb personal and civic achievement." - National Book Award 2001 jury citation"
