It's a poetry collection that says "L'chaim" without flinching from life's darknesses. Fein takes his poetic study of his Jewish heritage, his Brooklyn life, language in all its potency and silences, family and political dynamics, and, most of all, mortality, into his most powerful book yet. Skillfully wrought, deeply felt poems to enjoy, ponder, learn from, talk back to. And admire for their complexity, their toughness, their passion.
