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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"The poems in Once illuminate and echo themes of loss and grief."--<em>Vanity Fair</em><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>These poems are shadowed by illness, both civic and personal, and by the mysterious currents of grief. What emerges over the course of the volume is a meditation not only on a daughter's relationship with her mother but also on a citizen's to her nation. Throughout, Once examines the forces that shape war, divorce, and death, exploring personal culpability and charting uncertain new beginnings as the speakers seek to build homes in a shattered land and find whole selves amid broken, thwarted relationships.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>from "Frontier"</em><br /> <br /> <em>. . . At times, <br /> I felt sick, intoxicated<br /> by BPA and mercury.<br /> At other times I fasted and the stars<br /> stumbled clear from the vault.<br /> Up there, the universe stands around drunk.<br /> I hope the Lord is kind to us, <br /> for we engrave our every mistake . . .</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A fugue of death and resurrection with emotions like a heart-shaped trap.-- "Washington Independent Review of Books"<br><br>A lovely book of poems revealing the ephemeral nature of life in all its transparency . . . moving, tender, and real . . . the poems achieve their poignancy by way of honesty, nothing less.-- "Rattle"<br><br>Accessible yet sharp-edged . . . a moving exploration of loss and redemption.-- "Publishers Weekly"<br><br>The only way out of a first-rate poem is its ending, so strong is its pull on the reader's attention. Meghan O'Rourke writes this kind of poem again and again, releasing us only after her poems have fully cast their spell.--Billy Collins<br>

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