Threshold

James Longenbach is a poet, literary critic, and the Joseph Gilmore Professor of English at the University of Rochester. He is the author of five books of poems, most recently, Earthling, and eight critical works, most recently, The Virtues of Poetry and How Poems Get Made.

Acknowledgments What You Find in the Woods Answers to a Question Burglary Real Estate Natural World The Afterthought Orpheus or Eurydice The Grace of the Witch Learning to Drown Another Person The Origin of Angels Play with Me Elective Cardioversion Any House You Know Yard Work A Dog, a Horse, a Rat The Possibilities In a World without Heaven The Pretty Rocks How to Remember My Other Self Faithless Angel Bandusia We Are Gathered Here Threshold of the Visible World What If Letting Go The Lucky Ones