The award-winning author has great faith in economy and, like a true poet, trusts images to transfer knowledge that speech cannot. In "Curses and Wishes" the deceptively short, simple lines add up to a pensive book possessed with an astonishing...
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The award-winning author has great faith in economy and, like a true poet, trusts images to transfer knowledge that speech cannot. In "Curses and Wishes" the deceptively short, simple lines add up to a pensive book possessed with an astonishing lyrical melancholy, a harmony of sadness and joy that sing: "May happiness be a wheel, a lit throne, spinning / in the vast pinprick of darkness." It is through such poignant brevity that Adamshick can convey his own mastery and reflect on the human condition. Cover -- Contents -- Even though -- Memoir -- New year's morning -- Harvard, Illinois -- Junkyard -- Compassion -- Home -- Our flag -- Dissection -- Nursing -- Hope -- Benevolence -- Iphigenia -- Arithmetic -- The book of Nelly Sachs -- Sleep -- War as the cherry blossoms -- The emptiness -- Correction -- Night -- The confession of an apricot -- The farm -- Oyster bar -- Pelican -- Fluency -- Almost -- Out past the dead end sign -- Acknowledgments.
