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Entra La Notte

by John Stanizzi

With the passion that “grows with us, / in us, / like muscle or bone,” John Stanizzi’s Entra La Notte brings to the page an account of loved ones lost and the significant memories and thoughts that flood the mind as one grows older. We meet family, friends, and strangers, encounter tragedies and triumphs. As these lucid, thought-provoking poems take the reader into intimate confidence, Stanizzi reflects, “There is a single chance / to walk the path, shivering— / it reminds me that light stays / only for a moment, or less, / that everything vanishes.” Entra La Notte is a deeply personal book from a life lived in love. —Aaron Caycedo-Kimura, Author of Common Grace Stanizzi mourns his ghosts and probes his mortality. His very personal poems seek a language that transcends planes of time, existence, flora, and fauna so that every being—dead or alive—can finally find “a way/to say what we mean.” Don’t let the simple syntax and syllables fool you. Entra La Notte demands a lot of its readers, above all, a choice: “consider beyond the fog or risk being lifeless.” —Pegi Deitz Shea, author of The Weight of Kindling