Stone Window

Poetry. Ann Robinson's rural America is hard, but like Flannery O'Connor, Robinson does not flinch in the face of it. Most of her poems are disturbing, but they are neither cynical nor sarcastic. They matter-of- factly represent the puncture where god has been. The shock of Ann Robinson's imagery is just one of many seismic impacts on a reader. The poems of STONE WINDOW issue from unexpected associations and points of view, upending assumptions about reality. In this remarkable collection, ignorance is only one of her targets; Robinson's poems are also self-mocking, funny, and magical. These lyric poems are tough, shot through with wisdom that hurts, as in love is what we survive.