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Reviewed on August 23, 2019 | Arts Poetry
In this Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize winner, Black offers a personal perspective on Queens, New York, in wide-gauged, acutely observed, conversational poems that often feel like stories or essays. The result is not so much nostalgia as re-creation, affording us the particularities of the setting—Forest Park, the Dunkin' Donuts on Rockaway, Junior hustling near The Showboat, and the noise of jets from Kennedy Intern...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
