In his first book of poems, the poet addresses love and friendship, the natural world, and memory in an entirely original interweaving of subject and form

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This debut collection consistently employs a quiet, reflective toneGalassi enchants with subtle directness, and at times his use of concrete images and uncomplicated language in the traditional form is masterful. The poet, who is editor-in-chief of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, writes about love, friendship, solitude and natural and human-wrought marvels with freshness, and often finds original details to illustrate complex emotions, existential questions. "And now you must return. / You round the mottled walls, the moment shifts, / the sunlight broadens and the last cloud lifts / over Monteverde, where the day / is gathering its errands." What is most appealing about the collection is Galassi's ease with intimacy. His proximity to and affection for his subjects and forms appears heartfelt; it is seldom that he gets too close and that the poems suffer from sentimentality. Incorporating elements from his own past with those of history and culture, Galassi maintains a fine balance of variety, humility and sensitivity. Keenly aware of himself and his human limitations, he accepts his place in the larger order, but always with wonder.
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