My Private Property

Author of Madness, Rack, and Honey ("One of the wisest books I've read in years," according to the New York Times ) and Trances of the Blast , Mary Ruefle continues to be one of the most dazzling poets in America. My Private Property , comprised of short prose pieces, is a brilliant and charming display of her humor, deep imagination, mindfulness, and play in a finely crafted edition. Personalia When I was young, a fortune-teller told me that an old woman who wanted to die had accidentally becom