Limited Editions

“In Limited Editions, Carole Stone describes the arc of a long marriage, from an initial blind date to a green wedding dress, an Acapulco honeymoon, and all ‘the ups and downs / of forever.’ Those ups and downs ultimately come to include the sometimes painful, sometimes peaceful solitudes of widowhood. Clear-eyed yet tender-hearted, these poems are rich with the details of a shared life—beloved novels, kugel recipes, the Times crossword finished each morning—both as it’s lived and as it’s remembered, and illustrate how a couple can become so intertwined that ‘Sometimes you were me. / Sometimes I was you.’” * Matthew Thorburn, author of "String" *

Quietly inspiring in both content and craft, Carole Stone's Limited Editions is a testament to the indefatigable human spirit . . . .This is an optimistic book, marked by humility, gratitude, and awe. Stone without ambivalence asks us to focus after a loved one's death on that which remains, as in "Egg": "Dear egg, forgive me / for not believing / in an afterlife. You are enough."  

* The East Hampton Star *
"Carole Stone’s latest book Limited Editions (her sixth poetry collection) is a love song to a treasured life. Stone, a distinguished professor of English, Emerita, at Montclair State University, writes about a love that encompassed everything and the everything that must be survived after it is gone." -- Theta Pavis, MER - Mom Egg Review