Poetry. "A new book of poems by the indomitable Enid Dame is joyous news. I know of no writer who so vividly brings to life the reality of our Jewish parents—from Brooklyn and the Bronx all the way back to Adam and Eve. And I know of none so deft at alchemizing laughter out of suffering. Reading this book is like putting your palm, late in the afternoon to 'a brick wall/ still holding in the sun'"—Alicia Ostriker.