Juliet Patterson’s The Truant Lover (Nightboat Books, $14.95) strikes a rich, full chord, delivering moments of disjunction as well as high lyric beauty. While sampling or adapting work from a host of sources including Rae Armantrout, Tomaz Salamun, Richard Meier, Emily Dickinson, Marcel Proust, Grey’s Anatomy and The Golden Book of Birds, Juliet Patterson weaves […]
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Lane Anderson: First Day Back
Contents of the Newlyweds Kit given to me, in a yellow plastic bag, as a free gift from the State of Utah when I obtained my marriage license: 1 trial-size packet of Tide detergent with color-safe bleach 2 purse-size packets of Kleenex 1 trial-size box of Nabisco Wheat Thins crackers 1 romance novel about a […]