Andrew J. Zwerneman

City Nave

Arts & Literature

“Betsy K. Brown’s poems put flesh on the claim that art redeems life. Brown wins the world back by situating us relationally—a child from within her mother’s womb, a sister in flight above the earth below, a neighbor before a broken man. Visions rise from within and from beyond—from within a tent looking out, beneath the stars, in a hummingbird’s garden, among the city’s forgotten places, in memory of a student who died, facing new life in a new home, praying old prayers in God’s house and among his Saints. Each poem is like a beatitude, a selfless gift met by the promise of blessing.”