Works and Days by Nathaniel Rosenthalis latinamericanpoetry to the breakdown of language

to the breakdown of language suffered by his mother after an ultimately fatal stroke

His friend Edwin Morgan admired his 'sparkling poems full of sensuous richness and linguistic inventiveness'

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Works and Days by Nathaniel Rosenthalis latinamericanpoetry to the breakdown of languageNathaniel Rosenthalis Works and Days is a brilliant, lyrical, and exuberant collection of poems. Playful, tender, and often wise, these works combine self portraiture, literary homage, familial anecdotes, mythological retellings, and philosophical contemplation to create a series of moving depictions of what it is to be human and part of a world of both great suffering and great joy. With humor, intelligence, and vulnerability, the poems examine