Drawing inspiration from sources as varied as Sappho and Rumi, Marilyn Hacker and Dionne Brand, Slip, Sina Queyras's first book of poetry, is both an examination of the nature of love and an exploration of form. Contrasting the extreme, excessive, and obsessive nature of physical love -- how the lover loses herself and like the worst addict is able to justify anything for one more touch -- with the often-harsh reality of those choices, Queyras has...
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