Each poem stands up for itself like a sturdy Catholic school girl: no pretense, no posturing. These poems are the work of a skilled a deeply thoughtful poet. Dolan knows how to let a family's history- of Ireland and the Bronx and the Delaware beaches-tell its profound and nuanced truths. Fleda Brown-Former Poet Laureate of Delaware and author of "No Need of Sympathy" Nominated for the Robert McGovern Prize