The Bosnia Elegies

by Adrian Oktenberg

"These poems take the passion of anger and the clarity of narrative into the silences and evasions of history. . . . They seek no peace. And, rightly, they allow the reader no peace."
— Eavan Boland

"Oktenberg tears down our defenses and forces us to confront the terrible human realities of the minor war in Bosnia. An artifact that is as important a human document as a poetic one."
— Booklist

"I hope teachers will discover this book and use it."
— The Iowa Review

"Adrian Oktenberg's vision is vivid, haunting. . . Describing the beauty of a tomato. . .or the systematic destruction of a people. Raw, torturous, tender."
— Kitty Tsui