In the Open

Sue Russell

"In The Open is a book that dares much, offers moments of great lyric beauty, and raises interesting questions about the nature of the art [of poetry]. "Triptych," in particular, as its title suggests, offers three perspectives, each with a different speaker, that feature different aspects of contemporary gay and lesbian life in this age of AIDS, homelessness, and multiple addictions.These lines can't help reminding me, in a totally different and contemporary context of the goal for poetry that Elizabeth Bishop took from Gerard Manley Hopkins - to express a mind thinking." -- From Lambda Book Report, April, 1999