D. Nurkse

Anatomy of the World

Arts & Literature

“We’re told to reach the universal through the particular. Celia Meade knows a path. Sharon Olds once asked—I’m paraphrasing—if poetry is the weak thing it is in our culture or one of the most powerful forces on earth. Meade’s work is inscribed in that tension—the will to create in full knowledge of all the forces that undo us. Empathetic, seeking truths as volatile as our lives, and deeply realized, Anatomy of the World is a book that will last.”