Shades & Graces
Michael Salcman$12.75
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In Shades & Graces, Salcman tells us early on that "Every intern knows it doesn't matter how long an incision is, just how wide," and in this accurate and marvelous detail provides a metaphor for the way a surgeon's suturing provides a signature, "closed but open like a grave," that "even God can't erase." In poem after poem, Salcman's signature--the stitched lines of his verse--are characterized by verve, clarity, and formal finesse, and as such they attempt to heal the various and vexing wounds of experience.
--Michael Collier, former poet laureate of Maryland, director of the Bread Loaf Writersʼ Conference, Professor of English at the University of Maryland and author of "My Bishop and Other Poems."
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Spuyten Duyvil
Published: 05/27/2020
ISBN: 9781952419140
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.26d