Synopses & Reviews
Poetry. "DARKLING is a book-length sequence of elegiac fragments, obsessive ruminations on the lives of the poet's Polish-Jewish parents, grandparents, as well as her own, filtered through the eyes of an extraordinarily clear-eyed contemporary witness. It would be easy to sentimentalize the events portrayed - the childhood memory, for example, of nearly losing one's little brother because of one's own carelessness - but Rabinowitz's technical brilliance, allusive texture, verbal and rhythmic precision, and especially her self-irony give these lyrics their razor edge, their air of hard-earned authenticity. This is a deeply moving book" - Marjorie Perloff.
About the Author
Anna Rabinowitz's previous books include DARKLING, a book-length acrostic poem which was a finalist for ForeWord Magazine's Best Poetry Book 2001, and AT THE SITE OF INSIDE OUT, winner of the Juniper Prize. A National Endowment for the Arts Fellow for 2001, Ms. Rabinowitz has published widely in major journals as Atlantic Monthly, Boston Review, The Paris Review, and Doubletake.