Dark. Sweet.: New & Selected Poems

Purchased for my college class - Great American Authors, there’s great depth in Hogans writing that both connects to the now and sinks deeper into life. She bridges the wonders of the universe through presence in simple moments.A good gift idea for anyone who loves poetry.

hogan’s work is complex and full of metaphors, nature, politics, language, emotions and human soul. this is a must read when you need to lose yourself in something deeper. it’s not an easy or simple read, you have to be present and attentive- but, it’s so worth it!

Linda Hogan is one of our country's best and most important writers. Her personal and spiritual dedication to the natural world is inspiring. The poetry is selected from her many earlier books along new work this Lind Hogan fan will love and read many times. Her language is crisp and uncluttered, making her thoughts and images accessible to all readers. Some of the poems, such as "The History of Red," and "Maps" (among others), I read over and over marveling each time.

Read a very brief exerpt from one of her poems in Craig Childs' Atlas of a Lost World, and looked her up. So glad I did. This is a whole new world of beautiful poetry

I was delighted when I received my copy of Dark, Sweet to find that it was so thick. Full of rich poems from Linda. I devour it like chocolate. I love the way she describes nature. My favorite poem is Carry...if you like Linda's writing or you love nature you must get this book.

Beautiful poems that touched my heart.

Linda Hogan's Dark.Sweet.: New and Selected Poems reminds me of the forest I walk in every evening. I walk to listen; I walk to feel; I walk to see what's new since the day before and what has remained the same. These are much the same reasons I pick up this anthology from next to my rocking chair and browse through it. Hogan has a connection to the world around her, as well as the worlds within, that shines through in every poem, and this is what speaks to me like the forest. Her words make me feel, raising an echo in my heart and memory more often than not. They invite me to see what's new—things that she has experienced and felt that I have not—while at the same time reminding me of what we share as humans, as women, as poets, as people walking this earth together, and how the past still exists, layered under the immediacy of day to day.I have a feeling that Dark. Sweet. will be a daily companion for me for some time and look forward to each and every visit I will have in its pages.by Khadijah A.for Story Circle Book Reviewsreviewing books by, for, and about women

Often a “new and selected” volume largely comprises the “selected” and merely hints at the material the writer is currently composing. In DARK.SWEET., however, we’re treated to an entire new body of work, 120 pages of her continuing journey of making peace with the unjust, of her love affair with life.

Well received gift.