Poetry. "A sinewy, vividly intelligent humanity gives to this collection its memorable voice. In one sense, Jessica Greenbaum's poems are incisively local—that Brooklyn landscape out of Whitman and Hart Crane. In another sense, however, they tell of the larger sadness and recognitions of our century. They 'design their world through love' and scrupulous observation. A first book by a poet very much to be listened to."—George Steiner
Author City: BROOKLYN, NY USA
Jessica Greenbaum's first book, INVENTING DIFFICULTY (Silverfish Review Press, 2000), won the Gerald Cable Prize. She is the poetry editor for upstreet and lives in Brooklyn.