Poetry. "These vibrant poems beam their light on history's bad dreams of lost empires but also recall past harmonies of a great city. The lost voices of Izmir, the former Smyrna, are given rich particulars of passion and suffering that resonate in memory. With narrative drive and empathy for her subject, Olinka invites us to inhabit present and past worlds in turmoil. Her book deserves a wide audience"--Colette Inez.

About the author: Sarah Fox is the publisher of Fuori Editions and teaches poetry and creative writing in schools and literary centers throughout Minnesota. She has received a Minnesota State Arts Board grant and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Bush Foundation. Poems from this collection have appeared in Bloomsbury Review, Jacket, jubilat, Verse, and elsewhere.