You've Just Been Told: Poems

By Elizabeth Macklin

Book Overview

Elizabeth Macklin, whose poems have been described by The New Yorker as "graceful and halting, quartzlike in precision," contemplates the grammars of loss in her second collection of poems.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393048675
• ISBN13: 9780393048674
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.8" x 0.8" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Confusing but Excellent

The reason I had to read this book was for a school poetry project. I had to write many explications on Elizabeth Macklin's poems, and it was a long and confusing process. I enjoyed her book greatly, and if you like poetry, Macklin is someone to consider reading.

Elizabeth Macklin is an amazing poet

I first read Macklin's poetry in issues of the New Yorker about 10 years ago. I was impressed by her use of emotionally-laden language while keeping the poem perfectly grounded and vivid. Her work is sharp and graceful and absolutely lovely. 'One time I sat down / on the steps of a ladder, holding a cup of black / coffee that nearly woke the world...' This particular collection has many of my favorite Macklin poems: "Foolishly Halved, I See You," "Given The Questions," and "You've Just Been Told."