A beautiful book. Sacks worries the problem of "necessity"--which is not just compulsion but contstraint--in taught, elegant lines. His language, graceful, almost etherial, is tethered to the body, physically enacted, by the urgency and the moral complexity of the moment he inhabits. I find the work deeply interesting and moving. Readers will also find lines and phrases that echo down the history of lyric poetry in the English language. Highly recommended.

O Wheel is a collection of powerful, visionary, aesthetically intricate poetry by a master wordsmith who contents with nihilism, extracting hope from even the most desperate aspects of human nature. The poetry of Peter Sacks is superbly engaging, profoundly moving, literate and memorable. Look In Your Heart: Unshelled/floatrock and mother-lode./The mountain sagged then broke apart,/each ounce so concentrated nothing held/whatever stamp of its disfiguring/the mind made uncontainable./Gloved tongues./The body wrapped and set where space had been./Crush out the breath crush out the words/they feed and carry it away./Where we have fallen./Crawling out.

It is a very good book for VLDB

My interest in Woody Gwyn was sparked by a research assignment for a docent class at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, TX. The initial text is enlightening and enjoyable, giving the reader opinions and insights into not only the paintings and their importance, but also to the man himself. Although I know the confines of the pages cannot do full justice to Gwyn's very large paintings, they are reproduced vividly. His "expansiveness of land and clarity of color" shine through even in this small format.