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This collection of soft-spoken, well-groomed lyric poems, Arthur’s first, introduces a voice both unexpected and familiar: unexpected in its avoidance of postmodern stylistics, familiar in its modest celebration of the basic prosodic economies one can find in poets like William Stafford or Kay Ryan. Largely iambic in rhythm, unabashedly assonant in its liberal use of mid-rhyme, Arthur’s notational yet persona...Log In or Sign Up to Read More