A Brief History of Mail

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(Pebblebrook Press, 2011). The poetry of Lisa Vihos marries intelligence and passion–a rare and valuable combination–as well as elevates speech into song. Memory presides over many of these poems, but the effect is less nostalgia than the transformation of what seemed lost into the permanence of art. Vihos executes demanding forms with the insouciance of a master as she writes of the world with reverence and abiding care. [This book] bodes well for her extended history as a poet. — Philip Dacey