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Library Journal
Reviewed on April 15, 1995
After straining to cross the "numb abyss" between life and death, Hadas (scholar-critic, translator, and professor of English at Rutgers) relates that the "limits" of mortality ("The Years that press us down/carve sullen masks of age") are best understood by someone who has stared them in the face. She grapples with "moments lost" for the exact words to chronicle the passing...Log In or Sign Up to Read More



