In her second collection of poems, J. Allyn Rosser explores the human condition in all its gloriously valiant pathos. Misery Prefigured dwells on our continual reinventions of self and world and the restless dynamic that vibrates between them.Whether contemplating a failed marriage, a visit from God, or a pearl dropped into a bottle of Prell shampoo, Rosser's wry yet impassioned eye looks hard for a habitable and abiding truth. Alternating between deadpan and dead serious, these poems are often darkly funny, exposing the contradictions inherent in every desire. Misery Prefigured is fueled by a cocky, unsentimental determination to make some consolatory sense of what passes for reality.
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—Billy Collins, author of QUESTIONS ABOUT ANGELS
Do not be misled by the darkness of this collection’s title: MISERY PREFIGURED is in fact one of the brightest volumes of verse to appear in a good long while. Partly this is due to Rosser’s scintillating technique and her always-refreshing use of the tradition, whether she is updating the wit and conceit making of the Metaphysical and Cavalier poets or giving us a wryly feminist recasting of the vernacular of O’Hara and Schuyler. These qualities have always distinguished Rosser’s work, but in this new collection they are accompanied by maturity of vision and a hard won clarity that is more often seen in the writing of poets twice her age. J. Allyn Rosser is one of the most distinctive poets of her generation.
––David Wojahn, author of LATE EMPIRE
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