Images in a Crack'd Mirror

In this new collection spanning over ten years, Randall McGrew fuses classical allegory, an artist's way with word-pictures, and a philosopher's transcendental outlook to effectively take you through what is clearly a watershed decade in his life. Whether it is bringing the sublime into focus, or animating everyday objects as only the most gifted poets can do, each page is that rarest of literary treats, the kind that have you eagerly anticipating what is around the next page. One of the things that makes this work so special is its intrinsic honesty. You never find yourself asking, ''what were you really thinking or feeling? '

Even when bringing his linguistic craft into full play, the emotional connection with the reader is never lost.

A very special treat are the outstanding illustrations by the multi-talented author which dovetail so well with the poems they frame.

While the style of the writing itself goes from over-the-top romantic to the height of literary restraint, it is all part of a journey that one is very pleased to have taken.