" Rachel Hadas , one of our best poets, has once again proved herself a lively, indispensable essayist.
Hadas is not just a wise critic, but a vigorous, highly enjoyable one too."―David Mikics, author.
Her personal essays, poignantly evoking parents and friends, are haunting and intensely memorable.
In Piece by Piece she ranges superbly from Kipling and Salinger to thirtysomething contemporary poets.
She has spent a lifetime falling in love with books, and it shows. " Rachel Hadas , one of our best poets, has once again proved herself a lively, indispensable essayist