In this gathering of poems, award-winning poet Lou Barrett connects childhood with youth, youth with maturity, maturity with age and wisdom. She connects generation with generation, past with present, present with future, person with person. No poet embraces life more openly, more passionately, more intensely. Lou Barrett is a writer of intimacy and intoxication and wonders and splendors. "Connecting Flights" is a book to read again and again.
Reviews
"Connecting Flights records... a rare openness to this world, a lifetime of gallant wonder.... I welcome this book by Lou Barrett, who 'strikes a clear light/on the Blank beyond.' " - Jean Valentine, author of Door in the Mountain "Lou Barrett is a poet who possesses an enormity of spirit. She celebrates memory and the imagination with a clear eye and a generous heart. Connecting Flights is a wonderful collection - deeply human, intensely alive." - Thomas Lux, author of The Cradle Place"



Book Information
ISBN 9780765617873
Author Lou Barrett
Format Paperback
Page Count 88
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g