Though for years an admirer of her tough-minded, elegant lyricism, I admit that when I first picked up Carol Muske-Dukes’ newest collection of poems–Sparrow, a book-length elegy for her late husband, ...

This collection of elegies for actor David Dukes, the poet's late husband, inspires a conversation about death, role-playing and ghosts. Most surprising, we discover an unexpected spectral visitation ...