"The movement at the center of so many of these poems is that of air, fire, water, night--of what cannot be seen, even as the speaker moves ever inward to face her own dreams, her demons and her desires. The strong central poem, 'After the Rape, ' defines the moment from which the poet must measure the world. That she finds in the memory of a dolphin rising into air is the magic of Nancy Kuhl's collection." -Judith Kitchen
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"The movement at the center of so many of these poems is that of air, fire, water, night--of what cannot be seen, even as the speaker moves ever inward to face her own dreams, her demons and her desires. The strong central poem, 'After the Rape, ' defines the moment from which the poet must measure the world. That she finds in the memory of a dolphin rising into air is the magic of Nancy Kuhl's collection." -Judith Kitchen
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