Once I Gazed at You in Wonder - 9780807123652

Louisiana State University Press

Once I Gazed at You in Wonder\nPlease note: \nthis item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days).\n\nPoems\nAuthor(s): Jan Heller Levi\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Louisiana State University Press, United States\nImprint: Louisiana State University Press\nISBN-13: 9780807123652, 978-0807123652\nSynopsis\nAlice Fulton, the judge for the 1998 Walt Whitman Award, calls Once I Gazed at You in Wonder \""\""quite simply, the most endearing book I've read in some time.\""\"" Readers of this audacious and, yes, endearing collection will agree. Jan Heller Levi has said that her poems are not confessions but conversations. Here, then, are her conversations with the world. What sets Levi apart, however, is that she lets the world answer back. Difficult fathers, ineffectual mothers are forgiven; ex-lovers are blessed. Sophisticated but never jaded, this poet looks in wonder beyond the self: a cup of coffee in one of New York's ubiquit.