Swarm

T S. Eliot Elizabeth Bishop John Ashbery -- and Jorie Graham. <em>The New Yorker</em> places Ms. Graham in this distinguished line of poets heralding the Pulitzer Prize winner as a profound voice in American poetry. Now in her eighth collection she further enhances her reputation with a book-length sequence of verse that is a stunning work of grandeur.</p><em>The New Republic</em> writes for 'swarm ' in other words...read 'be born again.' Graham is writing about a spiritual turning point a new beginning.... Beauty -- that is the pure sense-perception which has long been a concern for Graham -- is no longer the most important criterion. Now goodness is...[and] the idea of submission of obedience without understanding: one must 'yield' before 'hearing the reason' for yielding.</p>