Fall (Wesleyan Poetry)

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Summary: Into Language We Fall
Review: Amy Newman's third and most recent book _fall_ is a gesture of her continual climb into thither worlds of dense poetic possibility. Following the fully reproduced defintion of "fall" and an epigraph from Rilke that call to attention our own restlesnsness in the world, the book, indeed snuggles into that very discomfort. The poems lay bare the physical world--landscapes and bodies--as they move through 72 definitions of "fall." The collection is an attentive journey to Eden and back, smart as it is sensual. _fall_ is a terrific third book--an excellent read after her exploration of the represented world in _Camera Lyrica_ (1999). Excellent, too, for use in women's studies courses or forms & theories of poetry. Highly recommended.