Armantrout continues to be America's premier poet philosopher, but I don't think this book is her best. Her stanza's could stand alone as single poems. Fit together, they can sometimes be vague and confusing. I occasionally thought she went on too damn long. I love her, though, for her dead-on commentary. No one knows our culture better. Just see what she has to say about fashion ("Yet"), the Borg ("Next Generations"), and TV news ("Once").