Bücher von Sandra M. Gilbert

The title of this collection-at times mournful, sardonic, and joyous-refers to the grief in the wake of loss. Yet these poems aren't just about the consequences of loss but also about the complex experiences of endurance, acquiescence, and rebirth that, with luck, mark the aftermath of sorrow.from "Aftermath: Kite"      But the thought is only paper after all,      a soul that clings to a stick, tears open, shreds      as if it's flung to the ground in a final shiny fall,      and at last the line goes limp, the climbing ends.      Beyond the rush & sweep, an arc of silence-      though a mind imagined this flight, & proved it once.

"The range of this new collection is exciting. Gilbert travels along the shifting boundaries of past and present with wonderful deftness, making Jackson Heights into a magic kingdom. I love this rich ethnic mix."--Maxine Kumin

An ambitious, intricately wrought corona of sonnets ponders the nature of belonging in every sense of the word.