<p>There may be, says writer Ken Foster, just one universal story: somebody lost something. Afterwords, too, tells a story of loss, but these spare and elegant poems are reminders that the "afterwords" can also speak of surviving with what remains. </p>
<p>In describing Afterwords, poet Patricia Smith says, "Ellen Steinbaum has crafted an exquisite elegy, an achingly precise roadmap for our journeys to fear, loss, immeasurable heartache, and ultimate understanding. In Afterwords, an unflinching chronicle of her husband's illness and death, each poem is sharp and lyrically textured with an insistent current of rage and confusion pulsing beneath. This book will not make you comfortable--but it will leave you changed."</p>

Afterwords

Self-Help

Steinbaum, Ellen

Relationships

Blue Unicorn Pr

The spare, powerful poems in Brightness Falls celebrate "this"--the unexpected turns, joys, regrets, and ordinary imperfections of our days. These, the poems caution, are the days we must not squander: "know this: it will/ not last."

Brightness Falls

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

CW Books

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