That Deep and Steady Hum
Larkin, Mary Ann
Mary Ann Larkin's book captures the intertwining of sensuality and spirituality, of physical and spiritual longing, in poems that wed narrative to lyric. They are always alive and surprising. Above all they are poems of love-of the body, the physical world, of friends, the past, the incomprehensible stars-that remain compassionate and clear-eyed beginning to end. -Jean Nordhaus