Love, Death, and the Changing Seasons by Marilyn Hacker
1995
Weight: 7 ounces
Method of Disposal: Donation
This book would have been even better if I had discovered it in the 90s when there were so few books written by and for lesbians, but it was great now too. Hacker writes passionately about a woman she meets, falls in love with, and loses. Many of the poems are erotic and charged with the excitement of finding someone completely irresistible. The overwhelming and strong feelings behind desire, lust, and loss are feelings I am sure almost all of us can relate to at some point in our lives. As a married person, it makes me not miss the heartbreak of loss at all, though that magnetism you feel with someone when you first start falling for them is delightful. The security and depth of lasting love is the best, but I hope I never find out what the loss of that does to a person like me!
Other things I wish: That I could work from home and write about my life, lesbianism, love, grief, despair, and everything else. Le sigh.
1995
Weight: 7 ounces
Method of Disposal: Donation
This book would have been even better if I had discovered it in the 90s when there were so few books written by and for lesbians, but it was great now too. Hacker writes passionately about a woman she meets, falls in love with, and loses. Many of the poems are erotic and charged with the excitement of finding someone completely irresistible. The overwhelming and strong feelings behind desire, lust, and loss are feelings I am sure almost all of us can relate to at some point in our lives. As a married person, it makes me not miss the heartbreak of loss at all, though that magnetism you feel with someone when you first start falling for them is delightful. The security and depth of lasting love is the best, but I hope I never find out what the loss of that does to a person like me!
Other things I wish: That I could work from home and write about my life, lesbianism, love, grief, despair, and everything else. Le sigh.
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