Love here is not just parental and fraternal or of lovers and husbands, but a love for butterflies, things and their places. "These are large, open-hearted lyrics about love: its pleasure, its neglect, loss and remembrance. "Exquisite moments of intimacy caught in the meshes of history, of human depredation registered in language as plainspoken as it is rich in implication, Smith Blue by Camille Dungy is a gorgeous and powerful book, one of the best I've read in recent years."-Alan Shapiro, author of Old War In the end, Dungy demonstrates how we are all intertwined, regardless of race or species, living and loving as best we are able in the shadows of both man-made and natural follies. This searing collection delves into the most intimate transformations wrought by our ever-shifting personal, cultural, and physical terrains, each fraught with both disillusionment and hope. In doing so, she reveals with fury and tenderness the countless ways in which we both create and are victims of catastrophe. Dungy explores the dual nature of our presence on the planet, juxtaposing the devastation caused by human habitation with our own vulnerability to the capricious whims of our environment. From a myriad of lenses, these poems examine the human capability for perseverance in the wake of heartbreak the loss of beloved heroes and landscapes and our determination in the face of everyday struggles. Dungy offers a survival guide for the modern heart as she takes on twenty-first-century questions of love, loss, and nature.
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