"Circle Tour, Eva Tihanyi's ninth poetry collection, seeks and celebrates beauty in the face of despondency. Its three sections--Outer Circle, Inner Circle, Centre--draw us in as we move from the 'outside' world of politics, culture, and art to the "inside" world of relationships with family, friends, and lovers, to the 'core' world of the self. The poems in Circle Tour invite a sequential reading because the book gathers force as it spirals upward. It takes us on a powerful journey that ends with the ultimate affirmation ...
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"Circle Tour, Eva Tihanyi's ninth poetry collection, seeks and celebrates beauty in the face of despondency. Its three sections--Outer Circle, Inner Circle, Centre--draw us in as we move from the 'outside' world of politics, culture, and art to the "inside" world of relationships with family, friends, and lovers, to the 'core' world of the self. The poems in Circle Tour invite a sequential reading because the book gathers force as it spirals upward. It takes us on a powerful journey that ends with the ultimate affirmation that leads us full circle to our present moment: 'Enough on this day / to be enormously alive.'"--
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