A review by ronanprsh
The Dove in the Belly by Jim Grimsley

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

"This was November, a chilly morning after a storm swept color down from the trees, the yard golden and bronze, wet leaves clinging to the steps. A beginning of the fall of leaves in the canopy overhead, trees in every direction. One must have a mind of winter. He was reading Wallace Stevens in a class, “The Dove in the Belly,” the first time he had felt a poem in his marrow. “The whole of appearance is a toy. For this, / The dove in the belly builds his nest and coos …” It made him shiver. The nothing that is."