In the Next Galaxy Author:Ruth Stone At eighty-six, Ruth Stone is considered "Mother Poet" to many contemporary writers. In this, her eighth volume, she continues her long practice of piercing directly to life's poetic truth. She writes with a crackling intelligence, interrogating history from the vantage point of an aging and impoverished woman. Wise, sardonic, crafty, and mislead... more »ingly simple, Stone loves heavy themes but loathes heavy poems.« less