Losing It

by Richard J. Fein

Poetry. LOSING IT is about growing old but the power of the poems suggests the opposite, finding it: the poignance of mature vision. As Edward Hirsch notes, The modern Yiddish poets ('Glatshteyn, Sutzkever, Moyshe-Leyb-- / show me your letters, words, rhythms') are the spiritual guides to Richard Fein's fine new book, which has a kind of Jewish saudade--a bittersweet nostalgia not just for something gone, but also a yearning for what might have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1893654257
• ISBN13: 9781893654259
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Box Turtle Press/Attitude Art, Incorporated
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.