"Shaken awake by history, Ben Bloch makes poetry out of his dreams, hereness and distance, simplicity born in beautiful complications. His wild and tame poetry is very well-informed by suffering—his and others’. He may not carry the day for humanity, but he carries its flag. A close reader will accompany the poet down a road that narrows, coming closer and closer to the truth."—Stanley Moss
Benjamin Bloch works as a clinical psychologist at Salinas Valley State Prison in California.
December 2011
