This remarkable sequence of lyric poems combines to a beautiful, luminous exploration of emotional intensity, of how the body is inhabited by fear, or love, or “a cynical knowledge that helps us endure.” The images in these poems will be etched in your mind long after you have put this book down.
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ALISSA VALLES was born in Amsterdam in 1972 to American and Dutch parents. She grew up in the USA and the Netherlands, studied Slavic languages, literature and history at London’s School of Slavonic and East European Studies. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The Iowa Review and elsewhere. She lives in Berkeley.
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