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Reviewed on May 15, 2004
Forceful, plainspoken, and bristling with observations like so many icicles on winter eaves, this new collection from Ratner (Someday Songs) stares down regret and then moves on. In writing as in life, this poet seems to have no use for undue exuberance but is plainly too strong to let herself get bogged down in the maudlin. She celebrates the rural life yet remarks l...Log In or Sign Up to Read More