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The Book of Sleep

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This stunning debut collection features delicately written, tensile poems about contemporary life. Feeding the baby in time of war, braiding the hair of someone from another culture, reacting to the love of spouse and children are just some of the topics in this collection. Not an extraneous word, not a false note or misstep. I highly recommend this book; discover a major new talent.

The poems in this book are moving and lovely. After reading many of them, one has the sense of having awoken from the kind of dream that one will always remember. The poems capture the way one is present in many moments of one's life, both past and present, simultaneously. This collection is a very strong debut, and I look forward to reading more of this writer's work.

Eleanor Stanford's poems are lyrical, deeply affecting, and thought-provoking. With each poem, I was entranced, her words painting images in my mind and heart. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves poetry and even to someone who thought they didn't.