Reviews for Phases

The average rating for Phases based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-02-28 00:00:00 Thomas Herrera There is something ultimately so humanizing, so beautifully ordinary in its utter lack of contrivance, about one of this book's best poems being "Circle of Joy", dedicated to the poet's first drama students. The tone is familiar and familial, the address to young thespians urgent and also unmuddied by anything other than honest, full regard. You feel the poet so keenly when he tries to describe what his charges gave him, what he found himself giving in turn -- what we all hope we have in us to do, even when we're acquainted with new levels of personal emptiness: "Something to do with just how naturally you took for granted that the work must be done well, something about how much you wanted to improve what you were doing, though there was no reward, no prize beyond the excellence of doing it well. Believe me, that is becoming rare. So rare that, before these last two years, I'd started to forget that people could do difficult things through joy." This collection, in its finest moments, does difficult things through that joy.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-11-29 00:00:00 Jc Couch A reference covering work in government, corporations, non-profits, foundations, think tanks, law firms, and so on. Even after a degree in international relations and some time in business development, I discovered some organizations I didn't know existed. Most of the summaries include whether advanced degrees are necessary, and salary information on occasion.