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Desert Fathers, Uranium Daughters (Poets, Penguin)

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We have long come to expect polish from Debora Greger, but we find much more than that with this collection. Here we not only have the wit and intelligence we expect from Ms. Greger, but a sense of urgency, the personal. These poems deal with the testing of the materials used to make the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, foreign travel which becomes a self-exile, and the need to reconcile the disparities found at every turn throughout the book. A masterful collection that gives us the poet at her best. A stunning book.// C. Dale Young, Associate Editor of NEW ENGLAND REVIEW