false 4921830 295699 76548 0374530742 9780374530747 34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170894152m/76548.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170894152s/76548.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76548.Averno_Poems 4.12 310 Averno is an extended lamentation, its long, restless poems no less spellbinding for being without conventional resoltution or consolation, no less ravishing for being savage, grief-stricken. What Averno provides is not a map to a point of arrival or departure, but a diagram of where we are, the harrowing, enduring present.</div></div>]]> 388727 4.08 2471 225 2006 4 1 false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Aug 22 00:15:24 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 06:26:51 -0800 2009 I preface this by saying I am a huge fan of Louise Gluck's poetry - she'd have to fall a long way for me to not consider her breathtaking, amazing, articulately intense - a creative flame. Averno is no exception to her previous work I have read.

Averno; again, elegant, emotive writi...more...]]>