The Golden Road

A central theme of The Golden Road is the prolonged dementia of the poet's husband. But Rachel Hadas's new collection sets the loneliness of progressive loss in the context of the continuities that sustain her: reading, writing, and memory; familiar places; and the rich texture of a life fully lived. These poems are meticulously observed, nimble in their deployment of a range of forms, and capacious in their range of reference. They take us to a Greek island, to Carl Schurz Park in New York City, to an old house in Vermont, to a performance of Macbeth, and to the neurology floor of a hospital. Hadas finds beauty in all those places. The Golden Road laments, but it also celebrates.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Triquarterly Books
Published: 10/31/2012
ISBN: 9780810128590
Pages: 92
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.30h x 6.10w x 0.40d

Review Citations: Library Journal 08/01/2012 pg. 98
Publishers Weekly 10/22/2012
New York Times Book Review 04/14/2013 pg. 13