English Summary/英文概要: The poems in this collection deal with loss and the difficult transition between generations, but they are also about love and landscape, and the many pleasures of the imagination.
Awards/获奖情况: “Pastan is one of America’s truly fine poets working at the height of her powers.” --The Baltimore Sun, on Carnival Evening
A moving and incandescent volume from a poet celebrated for her
“unfailing mastery of her medium” (New York Times Book Review).
“Deceptively simple, casually precise, stylishly candid.” --The Washington Post, on Queen of a Rainy Country
“Her writing reminds me why I love poetry so much — the way it’s possible, magical even, to make an emotional impact with such little real estate.
She tightens her stanzas down to what’s essential and nothing more, and yet still makes you feel something.” --Brit + Co, The Best Poetry Books
To Read If You’re New To The Genre, on Insomnia
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