From Library Journal
Whether he is recalling an extraordinary childhood moment ("Of The Deaths That Precede Ours") or describing the quotidian ("The Bookshop"), Allen is concerned with how we see thingsand the illusory nature of perceptions. He takes his title from a painting by visionary artist William Rimmer, and other paintings also appear in the poemsa Remington Indian, a Burchfield worker, an anonymous sepia nude. Allen always attempts to see beyond the surface of the images, and his knowledge of modern physics often serves as a framework for his questioning the nature of what we experience. His poems are quiet, often formal, always strong. Grace Bauer, formerly with New Orleans P.L.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
