false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182776721m/1326816.jpg 1326816 2 <p>These are poems for grownups who believe in life and death. They are chastened by the press of the second part of life, and reading these poems is like walking through a museum of priceless artifacts-at night, alone, in silence-our heels echoing down marble corridors. Gradually we come to see that even these language exhibits, these brilliantly made dioramas, are fading. We know it. The poet knows it. But the fact that she has made them anyway, against that knowledge, means everything.</p> <p><b>Aleda Shirley</b> is the author of two collections of poems, <i>Chinese Architecture</i> and <i>Long Distance</i>. She lives in Jackson, Mississippi.</p> 1687947 1 5 2006 Dark Familiar total:12|5:0|4:1|3:0|2:0|1:0| 12 53 20 0 0 0 false false Mon Sep 07 08:28:46 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 08:28:48 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jun 19 14:40:23 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 14:40:40 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Feb 04 18:23:06 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 18:23:06 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Sep 08 04:18:59 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 04:18:59 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Aug 17 08:08:39 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 08:08:39 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Aug 01 12:14:32 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 12:14:36 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Jul 31 15:37:16 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 15:37:16 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Jul 28 22:16:53 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 22:16:53 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Jul 17 12:32:45 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 12:32:45 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Jul 16 19:46:10 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 19:46:10 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Thu Jul 31 08:58:16 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 14:19:40 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 08:58:16 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Jun 19 17:21:07 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 19 17:21:07 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Apr 09 13:57:27 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 20:44:10 -0700 2008 4 0 true true Mon Apr 28 01:47:58 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 17 10:18:33 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 10:18:33 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sat Feb 09 14:28:42 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 14:28:46 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Fri Jan 18 15:02:03 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 15:02:03 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Sep 09 09:22:29 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 09:22:29 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Aug 14 07:14:02 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 07:14:57 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sun Aug 12 17:27:34 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 12 17:27:34 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Mon Aug 06 18:32:08 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 18:32:08 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1326816