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Inside Such Darkness
If some books try to imitate the world and others merely listen to it, Virginia Slachman's second collection actively confronts what she calls "the August-heat, rolled-down-windows, drive-by bitch of a life." Inside Such Darkness is an ardent collection of prayers, arguments, and pointed questions. Slachman's approach is bold and unrelenting, her rhythms vibrant with the energy of thought. "It takes work to see," she tells us, and her fierce engagement with the reality of loss and the limited consolations we are offered gives these poems a brilliance that cuts through the dark.
--Don Bogen