Book Reviews
Emmanuel Moses’s “He and I”
Emmanuel Moses makes his introductory appearance to an Anglo-American readership with a collection of poems, He and I, translated by Marilyn Hacker. He and I is in fact a compilation of writings ...
Alicia Borinsky’s “Frivolous Women and Other Sinners/Frivolas y pecadoras”
Alicia Borinsky’s book Frivolous Women and Other Sinners (Frivolas y Pecadoras) consistently surprises with its verve and stamina
Ornela Vorpsi’s “The Country Where No One Ever Dies”
In this bleak but sentimental work, Ornela Vorpsi writes a bitter letter home to Albania, The Country Where No One Ever Dies. Vorpsi's book, though described as a novel, does not fit ...
March 2010
Then
Then with her hands she’d crown her son’s head,
Half Sleep Half Death
Half sleep half death. My hands in springtime
Shave
Observe yourself in the mirror, unchanged yet strange,
Night Does Not Fall
Night does not fall nor does it come
Roosters and Bones
If when night falls in the kitchen Someone leans over
Situation: To Cast Off A Malady
invite people over. invite everyone. to a feast. a big feast. and if the sick one doesn't want to get out of bed, that’s fine, leave him there.
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