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"A nearly perfect story of a tragic (from a certain point of view) love affair set within a historical novel depicting (from a certain point of view) upper-class New York society in the 1870s. The writing lives up to the back-cover description that..." Permalink

"Technically polished and worth 4 stars, but the main character is repellent in his psychologically damaged and increasingly paranoid creepiness. And most of the book presents a close-up view of his interior thoughts. Hard to admire the writing ski..." Permalink

"A surprisingly affecting collection. I understood only a couple of the poems in full at a surface level, but somehow felt the many less immediately accessible lines in most of the poems were sinking in at a subconscious or emotional level. Plus, t..." Permalink