Radial Symmetry (Volume 105) (Yale Series of Younger Poets) Paperback – April 26, 2011

This book of poetry was excellent. Katherine Larson has a unique style of writing that captures both the eye and the heart. A personal favorite piece was "Oranges in Uganda". My only issue was that the book came bent and wrinkled in the padded envelope package from Amazon. This took away from the beauty of the book and the words inside it.

Sparse, beautiful, and moving.

From the beautiful cover to the arresting opening poem, this collection from scientist/poet Katherine Larson is worth every penny. Usually such a book might contain one or two "gems" and a handful of other enjoyable but less moving pieces. Not so with this book! Just a few favorites are "Statuary", "Low Tide Evening", "Risk" and "Almost a Figure". Lines like "everywhere the spirits are hungry/Say you leave a crust of bread on your plate./A hundred of them could last for weeks on this" will keep you returning again and again to this excellent collection. Keep it beside your bed for nightly indulgence. Highly recommended!!

A bright book, though it has its darker moments, a reader is rewarded by its end. The poem "Masculine/Feminine" is my favorite with it awareness of the French master in the wings. Personal and private, we visit the deserts of the Southwest of the United States. Born of a personal awareness, the book still is enigmatic and mysterious.Allen Hagar

The kindle sample i received had no poems, only the table of contents! Not Useful! It was nothing to base a purchase on. Wish i had more...