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Growing darkness, growing light
By Valentine, Jean
- ISBN
- 978-0-88748-242-7
- Publisher
- Pittsburgh, PA : Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1997.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 1997
Valentine's poems aren't lengthy or complex, but if you read them expecting a certain straightforward logic, you will definitely be confused. Her poems are like little drops of pure, unfiltered feeling--often sensuous ("The rowboat drifts/ on this northern evening's midnight line of light/ and I float in it/ salt, and breath, and light,/ hawk and salmon and I"), full of odd repet...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
