"Starting strong and with action right up until the end
'' - --The American Dog Magazine
'In my body
the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
beginning with the image of the eye
Love Lessons: Poems 1973-2023 Author|Katianne Olson "Starting strong and with actionLove Lessons is Mary Ellen Capek's first collection of poems, spanning fifty years, where she describes growing up in the '50s, coming of age in the '60s, first love, sex, marriage, her mother's early death, friendships, divorce, stepchildren, and coming out as a lesbian at age 45. Several poems central to Love Lessons focus on language, paying tribute to Adrienne Rich and other writers struggling to realize Rich's "dream of a common language,"