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""From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached."" ""A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us."" These are quotes from Franz Kafka, who is the most important poet for the author of this book. In this collection, the author tries to reach that point, to approach the line. Nobody knows where this point is and at what moment there is no turning back. The collection mostly includes poems of the last ten years or so which, in metaphorical forms approach above mentioned point. Some of the texts are prose poems that open new possibilities of language and metaphor.

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""...poetics explores meanings and mysteries of human memory. But here, in Crossing the Line, I also get a sense of clarity, as if one is writing about final things as if the perspective of a foreign language gives one a distance that allows one to see things with precision that is almost eerie. Yes, there isn't just a welcome strangeness here (as is often the case with writers who work in a foreign language), there is also a kind of wisdom which comes from the experience of crossing that line..."" -Ilya Kaminsky

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Andrey Gritsman, came to the US from Russia in 1981. He is a physician, poet and essayist, writes in two languages. Hehas been nominated for the Pushcart Prize several times and shortlisted for PSA Poetry Prize. Poems, essays, and short storieshave appeared in many journals including New Orleans Review, Notre Dame Review, and Denver Quarterly, anthologizedand translated into several European languages. He authored fifteen books of poetry and prose in both languages. He edits international poetry magazine Interpoezia(www.interpoezia.org).Previous collections from Cervena Barva Press: Live Lanscape and Family Chronicles.www.andreygritsman.com

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