Threshold is an extraordinary first collection that explores the shifting spaces between differing states of human experience. James Longenbach's poems dwell on metaphoric gates, doorways, and end points past which our everyday world seems luminous and strange. Technically superb and quietly moving, Threshold resonates with a fresh poetic voice.
Acknowledgments What You Find in the Woods Answers to a Question Burglary Real Estate Natural World The Afterthought Orpheus or Eurydice The Grace of the Witch Learning to Drown Another Person The Origin of Angels Play with Me Elective Cardioversion Any House You Know Yard Work A Dog, a Horse, a Rat The Possibilities In a World without Heaven The Pretty Rocks How to Remember My Other Self Faithless Angel Bandusia We Are Gathered Here Threshold of the Visible World What If Letting Go The Lucky Ones