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Reviewed on May 1, 2022 | Arts {}amp; Humanities
In her 12th book of poems (following Silences), the National Book Award longlisted Ronk captures the present moment by juxtaposition, as exemplified in a poem describing the earth now ("a fusion with a wind-shaped tree") vs. the earth in the future ("by 2050 30% of the inhabitable earth may well be desert.") She often achieves her effect by breaking the rules of syntax, making her poetry one of ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
