As If NOVELTY-NOVELTY the shallow side of the

the shallow side of the pool is the only side of the pool he treads water on

She knows she's made mistakes

Pale Rider is not just an excavation but a reimagining of the past' Guardian

and for almost forty years she's been looking for answers

a talking parrot and the continuing promise of romance for Donna and Joe’

As If NOVELTY-NOVELTY the shallow side of theA reissue of a celebrated collection of poems from James Richardson. James Richardsons poems concern humor, paradox, and nuanced perception of human interaction As If was originally selected by Amy Clampitt and published as part of the National Poetry Series. In Clampitts words: To discover a vocabulary and a syntax equal in precision to the micron and the nanosecond: such is the enterprise James Richardson calls on his readers to join . . .