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Poetry

Stone Postcard by Paul Magee

by Sam Zifchak
August 2014, no. 363

Stone Postcard by Paul Magee

John Leonard Press, $24.99 pb, 60 pp

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In ‘Painting’s Flatness’, Paul Magee ruefully observes the following: ‘If only surfaces were possible / here in the imagination / just to walk and to touch sincerely the ground.’ This, as the title of the poetry collection suggests, is the essence of Stone Postcard: a poet’s search for stability in the face of exquisite and inscrutable change.

 


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Stone Postcard by Paul Magee

John Leonard Press, $24.99 pb, 60 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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