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From the Bones Out (James Dickey Contemporary Poetry)

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Lightness and grace permeate the words in this book. Throughout, the reader can sense a warm heart and compassionate eye. A joy to read for observations on family, on history, on nostalgia, on desire...the poems create a beautiful presence and experience for the attentive reader. I thank the poet for her words.

Octavio Paz said once that to read a poem is to let "words enter through our ears, appear before our eyes, disappear in contemplation." This is what Marissa de los Santos offered us. And in its various incarnations. In her poems, the writer also allows the words to enter our eyes, appear in contemplation and to never disappear from within.

These are rare, beautiful poems. Her images breathtaking. I love this book.

What a lovely, beautifully written book. . . a real joy.

This small collection of Marisa de los Santos' poetry is beautiful, poignant and contemplative. She speaks to women the world over and writes in an attainable and readable style. Having read her two highly successful novels first, I was hoping for magic in her poetry and I certainly found just that.