In the Dark

An aging poets failing eyesight informs this collection . . . some of whichrecall the spirit of Russian poet Anna Akhmatova. Dark but not hopeless theyspring fr... » 

An aging poets failing eyesight informs this collection . . . some of whichrecall the spirit of Russian poet Anna Akhmatova. Dark but not hopeless theyspring from Stones lucid inner vision which is straightforward musical anddefiant.Utne Now available in paperback In the Dark winner of the PatersonAward for Sustained Literary Achievement is Ruth Stones followup to herNational Book Awardwinning In the Next Galaxy. Personal issues of memoryaging and loss are balanced against profound political and cultural change.Stone has been called a peoples poet whose work is profoundly rewardingand she writes a poetry of everyday life that recasts the mundane asindispensable. When asked whether poets improve with age Stone then eightynine replied Theres no question. From What is a Poem? Having come thisfar with a handful of alphabet I am forced with these few blocks to inventthe universe. «