All We Need of Hell

Published: March, 1995  Pages: 88 

Much of what Rika Lesser has to say can be compared to the poetry of Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, Ann Sexton, Delmore Schwartz, and other poets who have struggled with manic-depressive illness. What sets her poetry apart, according to Richard Howard, is “the plot and purpose of her sequence to take us through the harrowing experiences she creates in her lines, and out the other side… this is where her book differs so from the sensational indulgences we are so familiar with.” more... about All We Need of Hell