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Louisiana State University Press, paperback

Publication Date: February 15, 2023

Publisher Marketing: The reach of Divine Ratios is global, ranging from Tang Dynasty China and the Florentine Renaissance to contemporary Baltimore, postWorld War II Berlin, and the landscapes of the Mountain West. The speed and mobility evoked in this new collection by Jacqueline Osherow are not only physicala travelers movement in a crowded, thrilling worldbut imaginative, and its poetic idiom is no less varied, as a breezy conversational tone serves as a counterpoint to traditional form. With striking juxtapositions of natural and cultural wonders, this enrapturing volume asks, what is the right proportionor ratiofor living in a world of such splendors, horrors, and possibilities?