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Reviewed on April 15, 2017 | Arts and Humanities
In her latest, Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist Swensen (Gravesend) turns putting one foot in front of the other into a ruminative collection of prose poems largely filtered through the musings (on the act of walking) of other writers. The ideas of Wordsworth, Blake, Thoreau, Dickens, Herzog, and Sinclair are explored. The language is crisp and heady—there are no laborers or soldiers slogging through mud here—a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
