A-Reading Spicer & 18 Sonnets

Poetry. A warning is soothing/ a part of the landscape of sound/ in the inner ear/ this book nests in yr pocket hand/ vests interest in the larger structure/ the complex merger/ global markets. So begins this new section of A Reading, the legendary long poem by Beverly Dahlen. A native of Oregon, Dahlen has lived and worked in San Francisco for many years. Political, elegant, intellectually rigorous, this newest installment in her series has been eagerly anticipated by her readers for years. A READING 8-10 and A READING 11-17 are both available from SPD.