Inventing Difficulty Author:Jessica Greenbaum "A sinewy, vividly intelligent humanity gives to this collection its memorable voice. In one sense, Jessica Greenbaum's poems are incisively local -- that Brooklyn landscape out of Whitman and Hart Crane. In another sense, however, they tell of the larger sadness and recognition of our century. They 'design their world through love' and scr... more »upulous observation. A first book by a poet to be listened to." -- George Steiner« less