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Reviewed on June 15, 2012 | Arts and Humanities
In his tenth collection (after Old Heart), Los Angeles Times Book Prize winner Plumly explores memory, relationships, and the mystery of death in language both accessible and informed by a humanist's view of the world. He excels at descriptions of the natural world—"When I heard the crows, like raven-geese, rending the/ dark,/ filling the falling snow with wings"— and indeed wildness is celebrated throughout...Log In or Sign Up to Read More