by David Matias
Frontispiece by Polly Burnell

“Reading again the splendid poems of David Matias I remember the thrill I felt to find some of them among applications fro the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. Throwing away protocol, I read them aloud to friends on the phone, excited to discover such a genuine new talent. In his short time, David measured up to his promise remarkably; this is a rich, deeply intelligent book, a triumph of art and feeling.”
—ROBERT PINSKY