"He likes his mysteries deadpan. 'Whatever I hoped to believe,' he writes in his title sequence, 'I never imagined/ the pitfall of consolation.' If we can give up on consolation, there may be room for something more promising. "
read more from Adam Phillipps' review of John Burnside's Gift Songs.
- A Synonym for Living
- THIS IS THE OLD BLOG OF Sophie Klahr, a poet from Pittsburgh. Her current blog is HTTP://WWW.SYNONYMFORLIVING.WORDPRESS.COM Her poetry, essays, and reviews appear in spaces such as Ploughshares, The Rumpus, Gulf Coast, and The Normal School. She was the poetry editor of Gigantic Sequins (2010-2014) and now serves as contributing editor. Her first book, Meet Me Here At Dawn, is forthcoming in fall 2016 from YesYes Books.
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