Desesperanto Poems 19992002 Author:Marilyn Hacker One of our strongest poets of conscience confronts the dangerous new century with intelligence, urbanity, and elegiac humor. Marilyn Hacker's acclaimed prosodic virtuosity is a catalyst for profound feeling and accurate thought. Desesperanto refines the themes of loss, exile, and return that have consistently informed her work, interweavi... more »ng them into the fabric and vocabulary of ordinary life with a wit and brio that at once stem from and counteract despair.« less