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Praise
for Djelloul Marbrook's Brushstrokes and glances
Through
precise and knowledgeable poetry about visual art, Djelloul Marbrook
has made a book almost as good as visiting a museum. In fact, the
poems here about museums, galleries, and studios are as penetrating
as the ones about the art. Marbrook has lived in a world inhabited
by paintings (both his mother and his aunt were noted painters)
and these poems testify to years of careful seeing. Brushstrokes
and Glances is an intimate book, rich with sly humor, sharp detail,
and deep engagement. I will see my own favorite works of art with
new attention for having read these beautiful poems.
Maggie
Anderson, author of Windfall: New and Selected Poems
Djelloul
Marbrook is one of those colossal poets able to bridge worldspoetry
and art, heart and mindwith rare wit, grace, and sincerity;
a soft-spoken artist with the courage to face the "fatal beckoning"
of his muse. Here is crisp intellect, seamlessly interwoven with
loss and longing. The result is poetry at its best: at once both
gritty and refined, private and political, tender and tough as iron.
Again, Marbrook has given readers of contemporary poetry something
well worth reading.
Michael
Meyerhofer, author of Blue Collar Eulogies
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Read
the early review from The
Line BreakDjelloul
Marbrook's new book Brushstrokes and glances made the Valparaiso
Poetry Review list of Recommended Books: volume 12. |