In this, his first book, Alan Shapiro vividly recreates some of the
more memorable and poignant moments from his Jewish-American
childhood, and in the process reveals his compassionate interest in
the forgotten, the alienated, and the infirm. "The Courtesy" is an
intelligent, reflective examination of the poet's own psychological
history.
""The Courtesy" is really an admirable book: it shows up the
unreality of a lot of the other poetry one reads, dealing honestly
and with that perversity which is a sign of thoughfulness, with the
slight but heavy matter of our everyday defeats."--Michael Hoffman,
"Poetry Nation Review"
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