Book Review: Land’s End

Land's End

New and Selected Poems

by Gail Mazur

University of Chicago Press 

 Literary Fiction  |  Poetry 

Pub Date 01 Sep 2020 

I am reviewing a copy of Land’s End through University of Chicago Press and Netgalley:

Poetry is perhaps one of the hardest genres to review, because it is such a personal Medium, that being said I met say Land’s End is an exceptional collection.

Mazur writes with a deep emotional range and social scope that is evident throughout this book.  She meets beautifully crafted elegies with stories from her life, from those of her family and friends, in such a way that the lines draw you in, and paint a vivid picture.  Her poetry often conjures memories of poets who have been long buried.  Land’s End is part memoir, part remembrance, and part rich remembrance of those gone before.  Mazur reminds her readers of the importance of absorbing the loss, and living.

This book shows gone well Mazur connects to the world around her, and in sharing her insights she helps her readers to do the same.

I give Land’s End five out of five stars!

Happy Reading!