Wild in the Plaza of Memory

Spanning a vast wilderness, these richly imagistic poems traverse the examined life of a poet unafraid to seek a deeper understanding of the human joy and suffering she has witnessed at home and abroad in tandem with the natural world she acknowledges as sacred and life-giving. With an eye keenly tuned for discovery in any place she inhabits--be it the deserts of the American Southwest, the mountains of Tibet, or the streets of New York--and an intense passion for social justice, in this collection Pamela Uschuk creates a plaza where she displays, as she titled one of the poems, what came true.

Words, well placed, are the most powerful things I know. Wild in the Plaza of Memory by Pam Uschuk is powerful.

Like the bull elephant on the cover, these poems were strong. Fully willing to bear witness, this poet doesn't shrink from what she sees.