"The tone may vary from one essay to another, but more than anything else, these are love stories, not rose-colored romances, but love that includes doubt, violence, wrestling with angels, and devils."—From the Introduction Eavan Boland Madeline DeFrees Stephen Dunn Reginald Gibbons Edward Hirsch Maxine Kumin J.D. McClatchy Carl Phillips Stanley Plumly Mary Ruefle Adam Zagajewski and many others!