Rebecca Lindenberg

I didn't rate this book because I felt that to do so would be disrespectful of the complexity of the poems and the intensity of the relationship and the grief they commemorate.

Honestly, Lindenberg is probably not a poet whose work I will seek out -- but as someone who also suddenly lost a beloved I read this volume with the eyes and soul of a kindred mourner and found much to appreciate.

This book will have an honored place on my shelf and I will revisit it in the future.

4.2 A staggering, clear-eyed. multifarious collection parsing a sudden loss. Unlike so many books of poems, this is best read all together. Worth it for the translation of condolences.

Like a dancer, this poet makes the leaps and dips appear effortless, seamless, easy. Such richness in the ordinary, the lists, the wandering and wondering.

I liked the inventive structure, but nothing really moved me.