| Summary: | Res ipsa loquitor-the thing speaks for itself-as the lawyers say. But does it? Not in Michael Lieberman's new book of poems, Bonfire of the Verities. What speaks here is doubt and the commitment to cast aside the apparent truths we all accumulate. Those verities are what are tossed onto Lieberman's bonfire: It is here I heapthe platitudesI cannot keep. He grounds his struggle precisely:The coordinates of the country of doubtare 29o, 45' N / 95o, 21' W, which are those of Houston, his adopted city. It is an unusual poet who is wil.
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