Lives Of The Sleepers

Ned Balbos Sandeen Prize-winning Collection Of Poetry Seeks A Voice For Contemporary And Historical Figures As They Face The Ecstasy And Grief Of Love. In These Assured And Powerful Poems, Balbos Confidence In Lyric, Narrative, And Dramatic Forms Is Always Evident: Lovers Whirl In Dantes Circle, Saints Suffer For Their Faith, And Characters From Hitchcock Films Are Caught In Traps Of Their Own Making.with Energy And Insight, Balbo Gives Us Alice Liddells Last Word On Lewis Carrolls Infatuation, A Victorian Heroine Who Uncovers A Wax Museums Hidden Crimes, And A Bestiary Where Courtship Rituals Are Both Savage And Redemptive. Lives Of The Sleepers Explores The Connections Of Men And Women Across The Centuries, And Interrogates Those Patterns That Always Reassert Themselves.