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Centering on love, motherhood, a friend's murder and the resulting trial, and a parent's death, the poems in this fourth collection from Barnard Women Poets Prize winner Brimhall (Our Lady of the Ruins) pulse with energy. Many employ Old Testament motifs, as in "Lullaby on Mount Moriah," where the poet writes about Isaac or perhaps her own son: "The why of you a radiant devil-fish, the what of you/ a fat littl...Log In or Sign Up to Read More