God Was Right Black Earth and from César Vallejo

and from César Vallejo

transformation

Written in the years following the sudden death of Roubaud's wife

Imogen Cassels

fierce and timely thinking on reading

God Was Right Black Earth and from César VallejoDiana Hamilton God Was Right collects poems that take the form of arguments, essays, and letters. The title poem argues that God was right to make us love cats (and then watch them die); another categorizes the way women like to be kissed; one proposes a sex ed that takes into account persuasion and pleasure; another argues men should write bad poetry; a letter tries to make friendship about love; a five paragraph essay tries to disarm heartbreak via