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A review by pyrrhicspondee
Pieces of Air in the Epic by Brenda Hillman
4.0
Remember when Marie Howe made us buy this book (and a host of others) and then we never read any of them except for Tony Hoagland? Well, I finally read it. I can safely and sadly say that this is a book I should read again. Hillman: a little complicated. She necessitated a dictionary at my side.
I doubt I'll read the whole thing again. But Hillman has this series of poems that takes place in a library and talks all about the air and the dust motes inside. I think it is just how I feel about libraries and their smell. Those poems I will definitely read again (and again).
Word worth sharing from the book: hecatomb, a great public sacrifice of 100 oxen.
I doubt I'll read the whole thing again. But Hillman has this series of poems that takes place in a library and talks all about the air and the dust motes inside. I think it is just how I feel about libraries and their smell. Those poems I will definitely read again (and again).
Word worth sharing from the book: hecatomb, a great public sacrifice of 100 oxen.