The Pavese Stone
"The poet shows how we wear our loneliness with care, even a beautiful resilience, until the day a soft hand of curious innocence touches us, leading us to put away the things that have made themselves our fears about love. The light fills the empty, tattered sketched in Vollmer's latest work. These are poems that bring the global nature of who we are into a time when fantasies of pure being flood into our spaces. Inspired by Cesare Pavese, Vollmer reminds us of the complex beauty of our souls, how love takes root in every detail of who we are, despite the real dangers of war and conflict. This is quintessential work by one of our finest poets."
—Afaa M. Weaver, author of A Fire in the Hills
