Swarm

<p><strong>A <em>New York Times</em> Notable Book </strong></p><p><strong>These poems are among the most intense personal and ardent [Graham] has written. --<em>Boston Book Review</em></strong></p><p><strong>The eighth collection of poetry from Pulitzer Prize winner Jorie Graham </strong></p><p>T.S. Eliot Elizabeth Bishop John Ashbery--and Jorie Graham. <em>The New Yorker</em> places Ms. Graham in this distinguished line of poets heralding her as a profound voice in American poetry. In <em>Swarm</em> she further enhances her reputation with a book-length sequence of verse that is a stunning work of grandeur.</p><p><em>The New Republic </em>writes for 'swarm ' in other words...read 'be born again.' Graham is writing about a spiritual turning point a new beginning.... Beauty--that is the pure sense-perception which has long been a concern for Graham--is no longer the most important criterion. Now goodness is...[and] the idea of submission of obedience without understanding: one must 'yield' before 'hearing the reason' for yielding.</p>