Poetry. RENDER by Joseph Zaccardi is a collection of poetry that covers territory both painful and sublime. Joseph is a fine poet who has clearly mastered the craft of writing. He makes no mistakes as he guides us through the pain and then lifts us gently. In "From Baker Beach to the Golden Gate" he opens a difficult moment, provides a daring question and then lets us stay in the question and gather deep, personal answers. "Pulling / the disparate together: those who leapt, those / who walked away, and the man who wrote / in his suicide letter that he wouldn't jump / if only one person smiled at him." RENDER is like this throughout. It is satisfying to be in the throes of a poet of such quality who has such respect for his reader.

Author City: FAIRFAX, CA USA

Fairfax, California poet Joseph Zaccardi is Associate Editor of the Marin Poetry Center Anthology. He teaches Transformations: a Poetry Tutorial, and volunteers at the Rafael Convalescent Hospital reading to individual residents. His poems have appeared in Seattle Review, Runes, Southern Poetry Review, Baltimore Review and elsewhere. He received a grant from the Marin Arts Council in 2003 for his first book, Ventes, which was published in 2005.

Reviews and Other Links
http://josephzaccardi.com/
http://www.bayareapoetsreview.com/fall_2009_reviews_2#zA
http://cpits.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/answering-starkeys-question-part-i-reading-zaccardis-render/