Halflife Poems Author:Meghan O'Rourke "Impressive. A box full of surprises and intense delights."Billy Collins — The insomniac speakers in Halflife are coming of age in a mythical world full of threat and promise. Seeking their true selves amid the fallen cathedrals of America, they speak wryly of destructive love affairs, aesthetic obsession, and encroaching war,... more » but refuse to abandon hope in the power of imagination.« less