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Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Review of River of Bones by Holly Guran
Perfecting
a persona in poetry can be a tricky business. Personal feelings to the point of
intimacy need to be balanced with distance and a level of objectivity. Holly
Guran, in her new collection, River of Bones, achieves this equilibrium with a
consistent well-modulated tone. In fact this modulation of diction astonishes
with its adeptness whether she is speaking as one of her forebears or a young
nineteenth century millworker or herself. Even at her most confessional Guran
never descends into the rabbit hole of obsessive self-importance and soggy
feelings. Her descriptive words reveal the wonder of both hurt and joy in her
chosen contexts. For more of my review of River of Bones go here: http://dougholder.blogspot.com/2017/05/river-of-bones-poems-by-holly-guran_17.html
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