Views of the Hudson: A New York Book of Psalms
Shearsman Books, US$26 pb, 68 pp
Poetry
Views of the Hudson: A New York Book of Psalms by Angela Gardner
by Prithvi Varatharajan •
The first poem in Angela Gardner’s 2007 début collection, Parts of Speech, impressed me with its emotional power. I found the subsequent poems less driven but, at the same time, animated by an unusual poetic style. Gardner is a visual artist as well as a poet, and these practices seem interrelated. Her new book, Views of the Hudson, affirms my first impression of her style: her poetry is a montage of image, emotion, thought and speech.
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