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<p><P>A first book of poems that enact a great joy and trust in language, building a deliciously slippery vessel to carry us through the deep waters of our humanity, by the Executive Director of Alice James Books.</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p><P>The free verse of Ossman's debut moves through its erotic confessions, New England walks and household memories, in a voice remarkable for its confidence and fierceness: I am the woman you should have married, one poem concludes, offering you another chance, a slick kiss landing firmly on your lips. Ossman can also tone things down enough to present simple domestic details: late and missed meals,/ Swiss chocolate, English tea and jam. Such items hold places, or mark chapters, in the lives these articulate, welcoming poems describe: a red glove in the road/ this morning recalls good fortune in having experienced only minor loss, while the shapes of the trees in Maine, the 'V'/ in my satin green pajamas, a bass-guitar riff on the radio, my first bikini brought to light in a drawer, may all invoke romantic ups and downs-breakups, liaisons, vacations and further breakups, some apparently with the same man. The fluent results make Ossman at o

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Author

Ossmann, April

Publisher

Tribeca: Four Way Books ; Hanover: Distributed by University Press of New England

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781884800818

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Poetry, Humanities

Rating

3.83 / 5 (12 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14