Form of Taking It All by Rosmarie Waldrop

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The two great perceptual revolutions of the fifteenth and twentieth centuries were inaugurated by Columbus and Modern Physics respectively. In her novelistic reflections on these eras of change in consciousness, and the persons and circumstances which brought them about, this acclaimed poet/novelist's brilliant narrative passes through stream of consciousness, first-person narration, and poetry, in a unique meditation on love and politics, conquest and tolerance, and the effects of change.

Library Journal

In her second work of fiction, poet and translator Waldrop ( The Hanky of Pippin's Daughter, LJ 3/1/87) presents figures reminiscent of shadow puppets moving in blurred distance; when brought into focus, their emotions seem to exist without physical form. Moving from Mexico City to Washington, from past to present, this story of the budding relationship between two women is at once personal, historical, and political: ``Columbus, the first to connect with the NEW WORLD: and the two hemispheres which God had cast asunder were united, how sexual, and began to become alike.'' With subtle repetition, imagery describing a dance or the making of a pot is offered as strangely insightful character description. Sources such as Poetry Handbook, The Conquest of Mexico , and a novel by Jane Bowles are collaged into an experimental gem that will more than likely intimidate the uninitiated. For larger collections.-- Rochelle Ratner, formerly Poetry Editor, ``Soho Weekly News,'' New York

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