The Oldest Map with the Name America

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Summary: A NEW POET ON THE AMERICAN MAP
Review: Lucia Perillo, a 2000 MacArthur Fellow, was praised in their citation for her "conscientious candor, meticulously accurate language and comic spirit." This book "synthesizes seemingly disparate elements of classical and popular culture to create a work that is both personal and universal." To which I would add that her poems move and they are moving. Move? They dive and soar and fall and smash and recover and soar again. No other poet of today thrills me like Ms Perillo. No other so often breaks my heart.