Burn and Dodge

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BURN AND DODGE Pitt Poetry SerieS Ed Ochester, Editor Published by the University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15260 Copyright © 2008, Sharon Dolin All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Printed on acid-free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN 13: 978-0-8229-6005-8 ISBN 10: 0-8229-6005-2 This book is the winner of the 2007 Donald Hall Prize in Poetry, awarded by the Association of Writers and Writing Programs. AWP, a national organization serving more than three hundred colleges and universities, has its headquarters at George Mason University, Mail Stop 1E3, Fairfax, VA 22030. Burn and Dodge: In photography, a pair of darkroom techniques: to burn is to overexpose, to dodge is to underexpose to the light. E vidi spirti per la fiamma andando; per ch’io guardava a loro e a’ miei passi, compartendo la vista a quando a quando. And I saw spirits walking through flames, so that I watched them and my steps, my gaze divided—now here, now there. —Dante, Purgatorio XXV, 124–26 ...