This collection of poems by Elizabeth Robinson circles around and around the place of the individual in relation to an other or Other or others. If human experience is nested in relation, "the braid o
Winner of the 2001 National Poetry Series, Pure Descent was selected by Fanny Howe. This book of poetry expresses its title in at least two ways: as a straight descent into the world and into the fear
The vibrancy of these poems derives from the paradox between immanence and constancy of the spirit that infuses daily life and its provisional, intractable nature. Through these poems, Robinson demons
