"(...one of the recurring characters in the poems is a cat named Peepaws who sleeps dangerously close to the fire). Waldrop writes for those who like to read a poem more than once, not because they didn't didn't understand it the first time, but because it was such a pleasure. His words don't just dissolve, but hold in the reader's mind and mouth with a delicious aftertaste. The tentative, comma-studded syntax emphasizes hesitation, reconsideration..."

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