Alternative Medicine

"Alternative Medicine (a wonderful euphemism for poetry) is an extraordinarily powerful and moving book—especially its central poems about doctoring, about the sadness and helplessness of being a doctor. Only someone who has actually lived these poems could have written them. Rafael Campo is that rare poet. This book makes art out of the pain and blood of experience."—Lloyd Schwartz, poet and Frederick S. Troy Professor of English, University of Massachusetts Boston"Rafael Campo is an extraordinarily skillful poet: his technique manifests itself in the range of forms he so brilliantly masters. But he is also a poet of gravity and poignant observation. Unlike so many people writing today, he has subjects, passions, and themes that are profoundly important."—Sandra M. Gilbert, poet and Distinguished Professor of English Emerita, University of California, Davis
"Alternative Medicine (a wonderful euphemism for poetry) is an extraordinarily powerful and moving book - especially its central poems about doctoring, about the sadness and helplessness of being a doctor. Only someone who has actually lived these poems could have written them. Rafael Campo is that rare poet. This book makes art out of the pain and blood of experience." - Lloyd Schwartz, poet and Frederick S. Troy Professor of English, University of Massachusetts Boston "Rafael Campo is an extraordinarily skillful poet: his technique manifests itself in the range of forms he so brilliantly masters. But he is also a poet of gravity and poignant observation. Unlike so many people writing today, he has subjects, passions, and themes that are profoundly important." - Sandra M. Gilbert, poet and Distinguished Professor of English Emerita, University of California, Davis