truth, love and the lines in between

The poems in truth, love, and the lines in between ride the convergence of O'Hara's ability to focus on the everyday and Steinbeck's passion for his subjects. Regardless of the particular content of each poem, this collection reveals a mind grappling with the precarious relationship between how we represent the world and its complexities. Rabinowitz's brilliant, succinct verse conjures sensual and complex images, examines the natural strength of the earth and of love, and is the result of deep contemplation and self reflection. Rabinowitz seizes each moment of experience, studies it with keen intelligence, and then complicates and delivers his insights with eloquence, leaving the reader satiated. With poems that beg their form, lines that ring with verity, and engaging subject matter, there is no doubt that truth, love, and the lines in between is a standout collection.