Poetry. "These are very bold and powerful poems about [of course] practically the most difficult theme in the world. I read them with increasing admiration for both [the] mastery of imagery and control. Never once [do they] slip into the sentimental and that in itself is an achievement. But mainly I am impressed by the pervasive music, the requiem sound"--William Styron.
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Van K. Brock teaches English at Florida State University and is the publisher and founder of International Quarterly.
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A collection of poems about the Holocaust and more,
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This review is from: Unspeakable Strangers (Paperback)
In this book of poems about the Holocaust, Brock excerpts documentation of many details in the poems, should honest doubters exist. But the "requiem music," noted by William Styron on the book's jacket and the cool objectivity cited by Donald Justice, address qualities of the poetry. The poet sidebars the problems of writing about atrocity, and in a personal essay he speaks of why he wrote about the Holocaust and some among his many influences. These facets, in a collection of poems, make the book unusual and seem especially appropriate here. The best poems here--some of which appear in anthologies excerpting the best poetry of the Holocaust, both in the U.S. and in England--can stand beside the best poems on any subject in any context.
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