Great first book of poetry! Easy to understand. Easy to relate to. Everyone will see something of themselves here. Really like very short non-fiction that covers the gamut of emotions.

I have never been much of a poetry reader. Then I discovered Richard Peres. His poetry speaks directly to my heart. In particular, I love "That Day in 1932." How many times have I thought back to the string of coincidences that have shaped my life? But my thoughts are always clunky and prosaic; Peres, in this poem, makes that string of events in his life seem both pre-ordained, and impossibly fragile. I love this book. I hope you will, too.