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This is poetry as white phosphorus, written with merciless love and depthless anger.\" --from the Griffin Prize judges' citation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Wright is a resolutely experimental poet, funny and intemperate, and the poems in her latest volume manage an unusual alchemy--they have a raw, unfinished quality that never feels provisional.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Wright belongs to a school of exactly one.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"These poems succeed at storytelling and at painting realistic scenes. Wright emerges a modern woman coping with relationships in a world full of violence and wars. 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After finishing \u003ci\u003eRising, Falling, Hovering\u003c\/i\u003e, I was reminded of why I love the medium, what it can do.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e (Seattle)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeeply personal and politically ferocious, \u003ci\u003eRising, Falling, Hovering\u003c\/i\u003e addresses the commonly felt crises of our times--from illegal immigration and the specific consequences of empire-building to the challenges of parenting and the honesty required of human relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbout the other night I know you are sorry I am sorry too We were tired Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eand my open-shut-case mouth You and your clockwork disciplines And I know it is\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003etoo far to go But we can't leave it to the forces to rub out the color of the world\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eC.D. 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It is a riveting mosaic of distinct voices, epistolary pieces, elements from a moralistic board game, road signage, prison data, inmate correspondence, and \"counts\" of things--from baby's teeth to chigger bites:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCount your folding money\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCount the times you said you wouldn't go back\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCount your debts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCount the roaches when the light comes on\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCount your kids after the housefire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne Big Self\u003c\/i\u003e--originally published as a large-format limited edition that featured photographs and text--was selected by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e as a notable book of the year. This edition features the poem exclusively.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eC.D. 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