Lisa Russ Spaar, Author . Persea $14 (72p) ISBN 978-0-89255-343-3
Emily Dickinson's phrase “I pay—in Satin Cash/ You did not state—your price—” serves as both epigraph and title source for Spaar's third book, though Spaar also includes poems inspired by Gerard Manley Hopkins,
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Lisa Russ Spaar. Persea (Norton, dist.), $15.95 trade paper (72p) ISBN 978-0-89255-420-1
Spaar, known for unveiling erotic lyricism in the quotidian, has been likened to Dickinson and Hopkins, and in this fourth book, her linguistic mastery continues, conveying the rapture—and hilarity—that can occur in suburban stillness. Here, where...
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Lisa Russ Spaar. Persea, $25.95 (96p) ISBN 978-0-89255-477-5
Poet, essayist, and anthologist Spaar (Vanitas, Rough) draws upon the Greek term for “desire” or “appetite,” in a collection that is palpable with hunger for the physical: “Simple to say: there is a gash,// then balm. Admit we love the abyss,/ our...
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Lisa Russ Spaar. Persea, $25.95 (232p) ISBN 978-0-89255-551-2
The lush if flawed debut novel from poet Spaar (Orexia) spans the 1950s through the early Trump era with a dual narrative about lost love. In 1971, orphan Marlise Schade, 14, is released from pricey Philadelphia psychiatric hospital The Institute...
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