Fierce Elegy Ted Dodson springing from the displacements of

springing from the displacements of travel and returning

Antonella Lettieri‘Schattenfroh’ by Michael Lentz tr

the fire was initially believed to be a racist attack

where she lived from 1983 until her death in 2009

Fierce Elegy Ted Dodson springing from the displacements ofPeter Gizzi Peter Gizzi's powerful new collection reminds us that the elegy is lament but alsoas it has been for centuriesa work of love. Peter Gizzi has said that "the elegy is a mode that can transform a broken heart in a fierce world into a fierce heart in a broken world." For Gizzi, ferocity can be reimagined as vulnerability, bravery and discovery, a braiding of emotional and otherworldly depth, "a holding open." In Gizzi's voice joy and sorrow