Everything Is Burning Poems Author:Gerald Stern "Stern's unadorned craftsmanship has few rivals in American letters."?Philadelphia Inquirer As in the past, Gerald Stern calls upon his own life as a ground for his poems. Here the poems are more ruthless in their lack of self-pity and their focus. Showing a horror of lies, treachery, betrayal, and above all a hatred of war, he of... more »fers redemption through stark language and plain speech.« less