The Mysteries

<p><strong>To say that The Mysteries is merely a tour de force of writerly craft would be to underestimate Bill Considine's powers as a poet. I say this because Considine works impressively even expertly on the level of ideas. In his stunning verse play the nuances of technique-metaphor juxtaposition enjambment caesura silence-are placed in the service of urgent philosophical and sociohistorical questions. Here is a dialogue between history and modernity that is as timeless as it is timely as haunting as it is faultlessly crafted. </strong></p><p></p><p></p>