Finalist for 2012 NBCC Award in the Poetry category
Recipient of 2011 MacArthur Fellowship and Guggenheim
Fellowship
A. E. Stallings has established herself as one of the best American
poets of her generation. In addition to a lively dialogue with both
the contemporary and ancient culture of her adopted homeland,
Greece, this new collection features poems that, in her inimitable
voice, address the joys and anxieties of marriage and motherhood.
This collection builds on previous accomplishments with some longer
poems and sequences of greater philosophical scope, such as "On
Visiting a Borrowed Country House in Arcadia." Stallings possesses
the rare ability to craft precise poems that pulsate with deeply
felt emotion. Like the olives of the title, the book embraces the
bitter but savory fruits of the ancient tree, and the tears and
sweetness we harvest in our temporary lives. These poems show
Stallings in complete command of her talent, able to suggest the
world in a word.
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