NOD by Fanny Howe

Sun & Moon Press, 1998, First edition, 160 pp., 5 1/2" X 7 1/2", Hardcover

Very good

Howe's language is shaped by a poet’s sense of care and measure. Nothing is wasted, and nothing extends itself beyond necessity. The result is a form of austerity that does not withhold but instead makes possible a more deliberate form of thought. There is no push toward resolution, and no suggestion that clarity will be given. What is offered instead is a space in which to dwell more slowly, not to find answers but to remain with what cannot be dismissed.