"I hesitate to introduce any such term as 'meditation' or
'reflection, ' because this work is not apart from its thinking
and/or composition, so to speak--and that, among other things,
constitutes its exceptional value. I find the whole work to be a
deeply engaging preoccupation with, and articulation of, what life
might be said, factually, to be. But not as a defined subject, nor
even a defining one--but as one being one. That is an heroic
undertaking, or rather, place in which to work/write/live. Its
formal authority is as brilliant as any I know." --Robert Creeley
"Leslie Scalapino's poems probe politics, memory, perception, and
desire, creating hypnotically shifting coherences that take us
beyond any dislocating devices into a realm of newly emerging
consciousness. This work, which defies categorization, is essential
for contemporary poetry."--Charles Bernstein, author of
"Shadowtime"
"Leslie Scalapino is one who is one. A solitary, an original. Hers
is a religious poetry in the tradition of Edward Thomas and Emily
Dickinson, of the Hindu Vedas and Do-Gen. What other way could
there be for someone with a mind so electric, independent and
restless except out into the space-time conundrum? Her instrument
(for she is also a soul-scientist) is a light beam held by hand in
the form of a pen. Because she is thoroughly modern, every moment
of experience is interrupted and unstable, accompanied by
introspection and sidelong glimpses at the social. The poet here is
a horrified witness, a perpetual child, a sexually alert female who
keeps looking back to believe what she has seen. I read these poems
as they are given: line-by-line, in flashes, and then I return to
read each one again.This is a superb and important contribution to
philosophy, theology, psychology, and the science of knowing. To
have the selection here now, to be able to see the whole trajectory
in one volume, is to experience a revolutionary moment."--Fanny
Howe
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