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Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2005
The poetic education in this new collection from the award-winning Doty (Still Life with Oysters and Lemon) begins with the lessons he learned from others such as Stanley Kunitz and painter Helen Miranda Wilson, who taught that "heaven/ would be complete immersion/ in physical process...participation in being, say,/ diesel fuel, the impatience of trucks/ on August pavement." Doty shares other lessons, such as showing ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More




