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Somehow, in this marvelous collaboration, the words and the images rhyme. Here and there the words probe the edges of terror, while the forms put forth the argument of innocence. Actually, so do the words, while the felt forms carry a disquiet of their own. Also, some words and some letters enter the forms and become forms themselves. Does the word "innocence" apply? I believe it does, but only with the understanding that innocence can't be understood, and that innocence is not small. "Tenderness" applies. "Beauty" applies. "Humor" applies. There is a story in this book too, the story of a marriage. The story involves cats. At the very end, unaccountably, a dog's voice chimes in. -- Joel Agee