A. Alvarerz, author of the celebrated study of suicide, `The Savage God' and `Where Did It All Go Right,' had not published a new book of poetry since `Autumn to Autumn' in 1976. He hasn't been a prolific poet, but as one critic wrote, ""though slight indeed in volume, [his verse] is rich in its economy."" To the poems that appeared in the earlier collection, this collection adds nine new poems, and almost all of them are preoccupied with love alone-the love of a man for a woman and the love of a human being for the natural world. Alvarez's poetry has been unavailable for too long and this collection helps to correct that.