In the Dark

In the Dark

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<DIV><p><br>“An aging poet’s failing eyesight informs this collection . . . some of which recall the spirit of Russian poet Anna Akhmatova. Dark but not hopeless, they spring from Stone’s lucid inner vision, which is straightforward, musical, and defiant.”—<I>Utne</I></p> <I> </I><p><br>Now available in paperback, <I>In the Dark,</I> winner of the Paterson Award for Sustained Literary Achievement, is Ruth Stone’s follow-up to her National Book Award--winning <I>In the Next Galaxy.</I> Personal issues of memory, aging, and loss are balanced against profound political and cultural change. Stone has been called a “people’s poet” whose work is “profoundly rewarding,” and she writes a poetry of everyday life that recasts the mundane as indispensable. When asked whether poets improve with age, Stone, then eighty-nine, replied: “There’s no question.”<br><b>From “What is a Poem?”:</b></p><p><br> <I>Having come this far</I><br> <I>with a handful of alphabet,</I><br> <I>I am forced,</I><br> <I>with these few blocks,</I><br> <I>to invent the universe.</I></p></DIV>