To find, and to leave behind,
An outline, which then becomes form
An outline, which then becomes form
Held up, it is called beauty
For the ability to contain
For the ability to contain
What we did not know
We wanted to know.
We wanted to know.
“The Book For You” —NPR, All Things Considered
In this new collection, Black explores the surprising interplay between mortality and money, between the next world and this one, between the language of disease and the language of finance. Following a beloved friend’s dying, these poems confront with stark emotion the aftermath, even as the outside world — the world of debts paid and collected, of power and dominion — intrudes. Hers is a look behind the curtain where exchanges are made, where deals mislead, doctors make decisions. How can profit and loss be measured, when the currency involved is love? Learn more…
What People Are Saying...
“Black’s voice is startling, jagged and implacable, and [her poetry] is steep, precipitous and dazzling.” ―Los Angeles Times Book Review
The Exchange
“The Book For You” —NPR, All Things Considered
In this new collection, Black explores the surprising interplay between mortality and money, between the next world and this one, between the language of disease and the language of finance. Following a beloved friend’s dying, these poems confront with stark emotion the aftermath, even as the outside world — the world of debts paid and collected, of power and dominion — intrudes. Hers is a look behind the curtain where exchanges are made, where deals mislead, doctors make decisions. How can profit and loss be measured, when the currency involved is love? Learn more…
What People Are Saying...
“Black’s voice is startling, jagged and implacable, and [her poetry] is steep, precipitous and dazzling.” ―Los Angeles Times Book Review
Other Books by Sophie Cabot Black
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Sophie Cabot Black
Poet, activist, sometime farmer, sometime teacher, Sophie Cabot Black is the author of three collections: The Misunderstanding of Nature, The Descent, and The Exchange. NPR called her “the poet’s poet”, her work was a “hot pick” on CNBC’s Topic A with Tina Brown, and from time to time can be seen in the pages of The New Yorker. She has won several awards and prizes, and currently divides her time between New England and New York City. Learn more…
