\u201cMiss Lawner, whose first book of poems, Wedding Night of a Nun, was published in 1964, devotes the first section of short poems to the progress of sexuality, a “lovers-lane ascension.” The poems are difficult, with an overlay of image, a rapid conjunction of metaphor\u2026 More accessible are the poems about Italy (a “”stone woman) and Israel (“now they are hung together to be hung\u201d\u2026Brilliant, moving, these are remote and interior explorations.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Kirkus Reviews 1968<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cMiss Lawner, whose first book of poems, Wedding Night of a Nun, was published in 1964, devotes the first section of short poems to the progress of sexuality, a “lovers-lane ascension.” The poems are difficult, with an overlay of image, …