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Poetry. While Hettie Jones' past collections of poetry "combined prosaic diction with a knowing, urban wit .This new collection of several dozen short, unsentimental works primarily located in New York City, Jones's longtime home, extend her territory"--Publishers Weekly. "Readers who have appreciated Hettie Jones's previous literary works.will be intrigued and exhilarated by her recent book..an engaging meditation from the personal to the collective that.touches upon a variety of themes"--Rochelle Owens. Hettie Jones is the prize-winning author of two previous collections of poetry All Told and Drive and a memoir How I Became Hettie Jones as well as many other books for children and adults.