Sacred Things

AARON RUDOLPH not only touches the pivotal memories commonly found in a poet’s first collection, he dissects them with a candid, and sometimes dark, humor. Sacred Things is a young man’s final lunge back toward the tranquil bliss of childhood, which time has placed just beyond his grasp. Aaron Rudolph has created his tender depictions of family life in the Southwest from the grief of his lost innocence. Sacred Things has been praised for its dense passion, controlled language, and wide range of landscape and mood.