Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Great Regulars: [Dorothea] Lasky attributes [Sylvia] Plath's power

to her ability to communicate "the purpose of things" with a forceful directness, and the same could be said about Lasky's second collection of poems, Black Life. Balancing a ferocious confessional poetry with her trademark levity and playfulness, Lasky examines the dark undercurrents of what it means to exist with an uncertain expiration date, the very sadness and strangeness of humanity.

from Powells: Review-A-Day: What It Means to Exist

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