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Reviewed on February 15, 2003
In his sixth collection, the much-lauded Hirsch (On Love) employs an academic's erudition and uncomplicated, measured language to skirt (just barely) the pitfalls of sentimentality and melodrama-no small task for a poet of his late-Romantic sensibilities. Sandwiched between two series of classically themed lyrics-the first on Orpheus, the second on Hades-are first-person meditations on life, death, faith, and family,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
