<DIV><p>"There is nothing 'still' in the remarkably visceral poems of Alexander Long's third collection, <I>Still Life</I>, and nothing is at rest in these restless and edgy poems. Conversational and kinetic, these poems chart the traces left by the shifting overlays of the templates of literature, rock-and-roll, and contemporary culture. As each poem in <I>Still Life</I> attempts to fix a focus upon a scene or subject, the protean natures under view draw the poet into the eddies and complexities of reflection. This is a powerful and moving collection of poems."? David St. John</p><p><B>Alexander Long</B>'s books include <I>Vigil</I> and <I>Light Here, Light There</I>. He lives in Hoboken, New Jersey.</p></DIV>