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A Message Back and Other Furors by Leonard Schwartz
$ 16.00
PubDate: 5/2008
A Message Back and Other Furors
Leonard Schwartz
ISBN: 9780925904799
Price: $16.00
Genre: Poetry
Pages: 83
“Between what's perceived and how one adds meaning spells a moment of infinite duration, an admixture of sense and thinking, of mirror-clear images and impressionistic language. A MESSAGE BACK reads like an infinity sign, an unending process of journey and return, specific identity and underlying oneness, the poetry of open thinking in a time of war. With provocative borrowings and stinging insights, Leonard Schwartz transcribes an unforgettable conversation”—Thalia Field.
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