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Into Perfect Spheres Such Holes Are Pierced
The family response to the sudden deaths of the speaker's two young nieces is at the center of Catherine Barnett's award-winning first collection. This series of elegies records the transit of grief, observing with an unflinching eye how a singular traumatic event can permanently alter our understanding of time, danger, the material world and family. Marked by clarity and...more
Paperback, 80 pages
Published
May 1st 2004
by Alice James Books
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This book is a gem! I've never been a fan of poetry but I had the privilege to listen to these elegies read by the author herself and I was blown away. Her use of language, symbolism, expressions and the like convey deep and profound emotions that you experience along with her. I related to it because it's a book written from an experience of grief and it's so beautifully written. I highly recommend everyone read it. Whether you're a poetry aficionado or not I think you'll agree that it's an exc...more
A beautiful, haunting work focused on loss and innocence. Each poem feels like a rounded stone, heavy, still, powerful.
Incredibly depressing -- really put my personal problems in perspective, though.
An amazing book of poetry!
"Out of grief--
ire,
fig,
fire."
So sad and clear and good. This book-length elegy was written after Barnett's sisters' children died.
ire,
fig,
fire."
So sad and clear and good. This book-length elegy was written after Barnett's sisters' children died.
The title, the title. It stopped me cold as I scrolled down my update feed. Thanks Shell!
tender and inventive. the theme got a little old, but it was consistent throughout.
this is one of my favorite books of poetry in the last few years.
Tight and powerful lyrics; devastating topic.
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