And the Heart Will Not Quicken

<p>I know of no living poet with a more wide-ranging fictive imagination than Russell Thorburn. His poetry is not like a novel; it's like seven or eight sometimes interconnected novels plus a three-volume memoir. If you are new to these worlds of Thorburn welcome! His new collection <em>And the Heart Will Not Quicken</em> is an ideal inviting place to begin knowing decades of rich narrative histories have arrived here and are also waiting when you want them. If you've been reading Thorburn for many years you'll find in this new book the good familiar company of old friends and meet some irresistible new ones too.</p><p><strong>-Jonathan Johnson author of Pine</strong></p>