In a haunting and, ultimately, stunning, sequence of poems in varied lyrical forms, Wendy Barker\'s Gloss develops a narrative that poses questions about her mother\'s unusual, seemingly privileged, British background.
These little poems serve as tension-building breaks between lineated, conversational poems and prose poems.
The poems of this gripping book are punctuated by short syllabic meditations on a Chinese scroll picturing a lone man paddling up a long river toward mountains.
In a haunting and, ultimately, stunning, sequence of poems in varied lyrical forms, Wendy Barker\'s Gloss develops a narrative that poses questions about her mother\'s unusual, seemingly privileged, British background