The Lessons

by Joanne Diaz

Poetry. "THE LESSONS is driven by the poet's passion for natural history, for the marvels and horrors of science, for the people closest to her, and, in every way, by music. The risks Diaz takes in this beautiful first book are the profound risks of art and of love"--Gail Mazur. "Excitedly descriptive, sinuously rhythmical, and vividly perceptive, Joanne Diaz's poems 'wring the roots of thought' and fill the mind's eye with scenes of the paradoxically sensuous richnessof longing--homesickness, sorrow, love. In this book, 'desire' is not just an erotic longing but an existential one; that is, it is our capacity and hunger for meaning"--Reginald Gibbons.

Genres: Poetry

72 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

Reviews

[Allison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Full of music. And I can hear Joanne's voice whispering in my ear as I turn each page. A fine debut collection by a fine human being!