This Hall of Several Tortures by Reuben Woolley Random House abandoning the lyric voice for

abandoning the lyric voice for a collective register

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It is a gift to poetry lovers on the birthday of one of their most beloved publishing houses

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This Hall of Several Tortures by Reuben Woolley Random House abandoning the lyric voice forIve never read a collection where the spacing between words works so well. That phrase is so often a cliche, but not here. The sense of haunting, of an absence (i dance on horizons and dont cast shadows) then a fleeting presence is handled brilliantly, with the reader aware (just enough) of multiple voices. The repeated she said is used eerily and almost hypnotically, and the writing has moments of intense beauty, but never enough to settle the