Without by Donald Hall

Without by Donald Hall

Donald Hall's poignant and courageous poetry speaks of the death of the magnificent, humorous, and gifted Jane Kenyon. Hall speaks to us all of grief, as a poet lamenting the death of a poet, as a husband mourning the loss of a wife. Without is Hall's greatest and most honorable achievement-his gift and testimony, his lament and his celebration of loss and of love.

• A Poet's Grief: Donald Hall, one of America's most celebrated poets, confronts the illness and death of his wife, the poet Jane Kenyon.
• Memoir in Verse: A searing, day-by-day chronicle of their final year together, from a leukemia diagnosis to the last moments by her bedside.
• Love and Loss: An unflinching yet tender testimony to a great love and an extraordinary marriage, finding beauty even in the depths of sorrow.
• An Elegy for the Ages: A landmark collection that speaks to anyone who has experienced profound loss, offering courage and honesty without easy answers.