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Paperback, New
From Library Journal:
Many of these poems deal with historythe history of lost cultures, the history inherent in architecture and art, even the "history" the future might misread in the ruins of our modern airports. In the title poem, a connection is made between family and personal history and what we call "American." Throughout, Williamson asks "What composes a life?"his, ours, the world's. Though a poem like "Sandy" may disturb for the wrong reasons, the final poem, "Recitation for the Dismantling of a Hydrogen Bomb," is disturbing for precisely the right ones. The poems are learned and elliptical, often difficult, but repay the attention they demand. Grace Bauer, formerly with New Orleans P.L.
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