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Poetry

Married to Matter, Inexorably

Chemical Bodies by Rhyll McMaster

by Jennifer Strauss
December 1996–January 1997, no. 187

Chemical Bodies by Rhyll McMaster

Brandl & Schlesinger, $16.95pb, 75pp

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There are two reasons for celebrating this chastely elegant slim volume. One is the arrival of a publisher prepared, when major firms are retreating from the field, to declare that poetry is central to a flourishing literary culture, and to match that declaration by commitment to a new series, Brandl & Schlesinger Poetry. The other is the appearance of a new and striking collection from that fine poet Rhyll McMaster.

 


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Chemical Bodies by Rhyll McMaster

Brandl & Schlesinger, $16.95pb, 75pp

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


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