Inventing Difficulty

Inventing Difficulty by Greenbaum, Jessica. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781878851147.

Poetry. "A sinewy, vividly intelligent humanity gives to this collection its memorable voice. In one sense, Jessica Greenbaums poems are incisively local—that Brooklyn landscape out of Whitman and Hart Crane. In another sense, however, they tell of the larger sadness and recognitions of our century. They design their world through love and scrupulous observation. A first book by a poet very much to be listened to."—George Steiner