NewPages.com has posted a fantastic review of The Oldest Hands in the World by Daniele Pantano.
Here are a few of our favorite sections:
…Pantano is a storyteller with an appreciation for poetry’s ability to convey whole lifetimes in a confined space. He is an economical poet, adept at crafting a taut, clean line behind which lies all the messy emotion of narrative…
…The work is delicate, but not flimsy; elegant, but not precious; emotionally charged, yet restrained…
…I would, without doubt, miss a world in which poems like Pantano’s did not exist…
You can read the entire review here.
The Oldest Hands in the World is available from Black Lawrence Press and Amazon.