A Pair of Three by Claire Crowther Tania Hershman The collection invites the reader

The collection invites the reader to reflect on loneliness

hoping for our attention

She has a sinewy

and the inner lives of girls

A Pair of Three by Claire Crowther Tania Hershman The collection invites the readerClaire Crowthers fifth collection, A Pair of Three, is her most personal yet, a story of marriage to a widower. It explores a trio, wife, husband and first wife, in a love story that is moving, uplifting, often funny but rarely told. The emotional power of lyric, the narrative of ballad and the drama of modernist poems are all displayed in this distinctive sequence. Claire Crowthers previous collection, Solar Cruise, was widely praised and awarded a