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“Before he paints incipit, interlace,
he blenches before the page as if it were the face
that he might hope to glimpse in prayer, numb
within the blizzard of love that strikes dumb
the heart, shell-shocked before the story’s grace.”

from “Shell White”

I am LOVING this collection of poetry so far. Range writes for academics and for folks raised with a country understanding of the land. Her use of vocabulary and cleverly placed rhymes moves the reading of each poem forward and yet bids me to linger, sometimes holding a word or phrase on my tongue to feel the full weight of it. This is definitely a book I want to own in print.