Four and a Half Dancing Men (Oxford Poets)

Anne Stevenson is noted for the variety of her work and voice, both of which range widely. The poems included in this new collection question belief and identity, and offer a compelling look at ordinary people confronting a world no longer obscured by human-centered assumptions. Also at work here is a fresh insight, one informed by contemporary science, which delves into the everyday plight of real individuals. A fierce new tone of realism pervades this strong, original, independant-minded collection.