Ross has developed a reputation as one of the best poets of his generation. Here words are put in pure relationships-opposition, connection, association, etc-with other words to bring out new possibilities of meaning. With a Steinian joy of aphorism, Ross delights in wordplay and the way in which language may seem to say something when it actually telling us something utterly different.
I got this from Joe as a trade yesterday after a reading, and I'm devouring it. Full of play with grammer that hasn't lost my interest for a second, I've been enjoying simply feeling the tense, tight rhythms of Joe's language, and looking forward to rereading it for all its subtlety. Wow! Bravo, Joe.