This sophisticated first collection by Jim Powell synthesizes personal and world history to produce a compelling vision of the past, through verse letters to friends and relatives, translations of Horace, Propertius, Sappho, and others, and allusions to ancient figures of history and mythology. "I find it difficult to overpraise the ease of this writing, which in one act combines succinct physical presentation and explanation of it. . . . It is perhaps here that Jim Powell, not yet forty, most shows his superiority to many of his contemporaries and seniors. He not only understands the way...
This sophisticated first collection by Jim Powell synthesizes personal and world history to produce a compelling vision of the past, through verse let...
There's a bar at the crossroads on the way out of town. Marcie and her husband have run it for years. After thirty years of marriage, there aren't many secrets left. Couples often tell themselves that, although it's not always true. The haunting new novel by the acclaimed author of The Breaking of Eggs and Trading Futures.
There's a bar at the crossroads on the way out of town. Marcie and her husband have run it for years. After thirty years of marriage, there aren't man...
