The World as We Know It Is Falling Away: New Poems by Jane Greer Jane Greer At a time when “religion”

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The World as We Know It Is Falling Away: New Poems by Jane Greer Jane Greer At a time when “religion”The clenched intensity of some of these poems recalls Gerard Manley Hopkins, if we imagine Hopkins as a woman remembering the golden days of her Midwestern girlhood. Offering prayer, praise, elegy, spiritual struggle, and short hymn like pieces, Jane Greers work eloquently reminds us of the range and power of devotional lyric. Rachel Hadas, author, Love and Dread and Piece by Piece Jane Greer is one of our most quietly surprising poets, and The World