Tightening the Circle over Eel Country
The extraordinary range of her interests — work, love, sensuality, and man's plight in a forlorn civilization — is reinforced by her exquisite regard fo language and a lively fascination with the possibilities of form."
William Packard, editor,
New York Quarterly
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On Tightening The Circle Over Eel Country, which won the Great Lakes Colleges
Association's "New Writer's Prize for Best First Book of Poetry 1975-76":
"Elisavietta Ritchie's poetry combines a Byzantine elegance with straightforward
plain style honesty. The extraordinary range of her interests -- work, love, sensuality,
and man's plight in a forlorn civilization -- is reinforced by her exquisite regard for
language and a lively fascination with the possibilities of form." William Packard,
editor, New York Quarterly
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