Skin: Poems AUTH-65205 My dark secret will save

My dark secret will save us all

ISBN13: 9780312426989

eminent scientist Frank Close takes us on a lively and accessible journey that ranges from ancient ideas and cultural superstitions to the frontiers of current research

not to speak of the typewriter and the Daguerreotype

One of World Literature Today's 75 notable translations of 2017

Skin: Poems AUTH-65205 My dark secret will saveThe first collection in over a decade from a master of his craft, Skin reflects earnestly on the miraculous moments found in the daily experiences of human life. Time and time again, Robert VanderMolen's poems illuminate the cycles of human interaction alongside the slow moving patterns of nature: "bark just separating after nine thousand summers." A speaker asks, "Is everything too old or too new?" and the resounding answer throughout Skin is that