This collection, with 45 new poems, chronicles the work of a voice swept by loss, love, the facts of nature, and the curse of the literary life. This reprint was first published by David Godine in 1987.
About the Author, Ruth Stone
Pondering themes that run the gamut from feminism to flora and fauna, Ruth Stone's "sly, subtle, exuberant, poignant, bawdy and bitter" poems (according to fellow poet Sandra Gilbert) have made a lasting impression on poetry lovers for over four decades.
