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That Kind of Danger (Barnard New Women Poets Series)

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Donna Masini is truly gifted. Her fine novel, "About Yvonne" led me to her poetry. You don't have to be anything like Masini to enjoy Masini. She's that good. Hoping to own and entire shelf of Masini books one day...

Ms. Masini's book is dense and honest. Each word and line is exactly sculpted to open up a kalidescope view of being a woman, being working class and being a New Yorker. She shocks the reader with her forceful courage in every poem. She is the classic New York writer. Don't expect to finish reading even one poem without discovering a dark and sordid corner of yourself you haven't yet exposed to the sun. Her poems are crafted with old school expertness. There are no errors; only quivering, precise rockets.

How could a book of poetry offer less than this? Everything here follows the tried-and-false formula of American poetry from the 1980s--except that this book came many years after these experiments had calcified. If you're looking for intriguing language, psychological or intellectual depth, gorgeous or strange imagery, or anything of any interest whatsoever--look somewhere else. Somewehere far, far from here.