Dancer with Good Sow is a dense and remarkable gathering of poems. Diane LeBlanc's many gifts as poet are revealed as she makes indelible art from her unsparing, generous memory. Here are portraits of family life presented with gravity and intention -- we have not read these images before, we didn't know this family, its ways of loving, and suffering, until now. We see a history through LeBlanc's brilliant and tough-minded images. We see how her narratives link to emotional truths lived and pondered in this beautifully shaped collection of poems. A whole, complicated world is ours now, thanks to LeBlanc's wisdom, and heart.
Dancer with Good Sow is a dense and remarkable gathering of poems. Diane LeBlanc's many gifts as poet are revealed as she makes indelible art from her unsparing, generous memory. Here are portraits of family life presented with gravity and intention -- we have not read these images before, we didn't know this family, its ways of loving, and suffering, until now. We see a history through LeBlanc's brilliant and tough-minded images. We see how her narratives link to emotional truths lived and pondered in this beautifully shaped collection of poems. A whole, complicated world is ours now, thanks to LeBlanc's wisdom, and heart.