This collection brings together 102 Poems from Barbara Crooker\'s previous ten chapbooks of poetry, two of which won national prizes, with a handful of uncollected Poems at the end.
Of Crooker\'s work, William Matthews has written, "Barbara Crooker\'s Poems have been written with a deft touch and with that affection for their textures and pacings that we\'re accustomed to call, a little dryly, \'technical skill.\' It\'s a form of love, actually, and since she\'s expended it on her poems, we can, too..
This collection brings together 102 Poems from Barbara Crooker\'s previous ten chapbooks of poetry, two of which won national prizes, with a handful of uncollected Poems at the end