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Rodent Angel.(Brief Article)
Debra Weinstein. New York Univ., $12.95 (75p) ISBN 0-8147-9307-X; cloth $25 -9308-8
Winner of the 1995 Mamdouha S. Bobst Poetry Award, this selection of poems, Weinstein's first, is a raw, brutal look at a childhood filled with sexual and physical abuse. In language that is at times lyrical, at times harsh, the poet's vivid, exact images conjure pictures of wrenching violence and betrayal. Much of this material is captured in repeating images of dead rats on urban streets and a child's …
