Kirkus Review: ‘American Nocturne’
June 6, 2016 by Barry McCarthy - No Comments
Unaffected and affirmative lyric poetry on cycles of aging, death, and rebirth.In her aptly titled new collection, Stevens (Sirens’ Songs, 2011, etc.) offers poetry true to the best qualities of the nocturne tradition—atmospheric, tranquil, dusky, and musical verses—while inflecting it with an ...
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