<DIV><p>"Nina Bogin's poems are impeccable in craft, elegant in their economy, and emotionally profound. . . . There is no better poet of her generation, and few as good."?Denise Levertov</p><p>Nina Bogin's spare, subtle third collection maps personal territory?places of memory and love, of language and geography. She explores the traces history leaves and how her language connects with that of her ancestors.</p><p><I>Inside the words I use<BR>are words I've forgotten,<BR>buried dialects, whole alphabets<BR>left on the far side of rivers.</I></p><p><B>Nina Bogin</B> was born in New York City in 1952 and has lived in France since 1976.</p></DIV>