Books by Rachel Zucker
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English
review 1: I expected to love this, but I didn't. Partly I think because confessional poetry seems exhausted and the neurotic young-mother voice is wholly unrelatable for me. Also, the student-bashing troubled me - she didn't really have much to say either, so why should she fault her stude...
language
English
review 1: Part 1 ("Fables") is among my favorite runs of poems read in the past year. They're longer, prosaic, with an airy disjointedness. They feel free, yet narrative. "Ocean" and "The Other City" are standouts.Part 2 ("The Pedestrians") is less successful, divided among Lydia Davis-sty...