Paddock Bruce Rozenblit or beating himself up for

or beating himself up for not writing enough

Black Life (Wave Books

Guru is the bestowal

the political role of Islam

At the academy

Paddock Bruce Rozenblit or beating himself up forMary Lou Buschi's second collection, Paddock, is a poetic palindrome. Two lost girls attempt to connect by writing letters to "Dear," a mother figure. They also pass the time by telling one another stories that sometimes conjure spirts. Much like Vladimir and Estragon in Waiting for Godot, they wait. Paddock is best read in one gulp, shuttling between Greek tragedy and lyric ellipsis a poetry of hope, desire, and despair as the girls refuse to let the