Still Life

"Extraordinary poet Jay Hopler died a few days after this book was published, following a prolonged battle with cancer. This collection is his poetic record of that battle. In it, Hopler gestures toward the poetic tradition in formal lyrics, offers a satirical self-obituary, and even includes a musical score. It all adds up to a sturdy ship of death and a transcendent love song to life and to his wife: “it was she that lit the world.”"