In "Update on Leda and the Swan, " Alba Cruz-Hacker begins, 'A kick-ass blow:¿ a giant wing's turned weak, / trapped by the heel of a patent leather boot, ' turning both Yeats and Zeus on their heads in a sonnet as wisely parodic as it is elegantly composed. It is tempting, therefore, to call 'kick-ass' the impressive debut by this Dominican-American poet, but that would hardly serve the range and richness of a collection by turns earthy and p...
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