Overview
Elaine Feinstein is a poet of lyrical directness who writes with tenderness about an ageing father, a child on a swing, old films, a flowering cactus, and with insight about love, loss, jealousy, and the fear of abandonment. The poems in this expansive collection are drawn from 11 volumes published over 30 years.
Reviews
"[Feinstein] She is an extremely fine poet. She has a sinewy, tenacious way of penetrating and exploring the core of her subject. . . . Reading her poems one feels cleansed and sharpened." –Ted Hughes
Author Biography
Elaine Feinstein is the author of fourteen novels, which include The Border, Dark Inheritance, Dreamers, Lady Chatterley's Confession, and Loving Brecht, as well as the biography Ted Hughes: The Life of a Poet.