Lehman uses many conveyances—including the prose poem, the sestina, and curt rhymes—to travel across the writing life of a poet whose instinctive romanticism is always bracing and tough-minded, brimming with a rare generosity.
Might not hurt you to pick up a book, just as an experiment. " Whatever. I looked up the definition for 'nerd' in the dictionary. Know what it said?" "I bet you'll tell me. " " 'If you're reading this, you are one. ' " You're a riot.