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Recent Books by Jeff Bernstein

Nightfall, Full of Light

“This collection by Jeff Bernstein places dappled flashes of vision against the darkness of the universe, small glimmers that hint at the grandeur of the whole.”

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Nowhere Near Morning

“Jeffrey Bernstein speaks directly to his readers in a poetic voice that is both raspy and wise. His wisdom is the weathered wisdom of a New Englander, and his poetry grabs you where you live, knocks on your door and invites out to ponder the meaning of life at the local pub.”

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Interior Music

Interior Music includes some of Jeff Bernstein’s favorite, mostly narrative, poems about the best storyteller he ever had the privilege of knowing—his father.

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"Jeff Bernstein's poems traverse many realms—the least of which might be called the domestic—with a manner that is wildly imaginative and profoundly humane; poetic in the grand tradition. By turns joyful, funny, sad, and wise, delivered in a precise, straightforward voice unafraid of revealing the corporeal authority all of us hold when we remember what it truly means to be alive."

Juliet Patterson, poet
"'Nowhere Near Morning' explores family themes with startling intimacy. Jeff Bernstein trusts his readers! This is not a book about love, but everything within is so packed with the stuff that we leave each poem thinking, 'I shall return!' and, 'I wish he were in my family.'"

Geof Hewitt, poet
"Jeff Bernstein's 'Nowhere Near Morning' comes from a poet who has skidded near life's brink. His near drop into eternity has sharpened the lucidity of his language, his passion for those he loves, and for life itself. He lives in the world of other frequencies, perceptions we are oblivious to in our daily lives. He lives knowing the precariousness of human life. Brilliantly, with startling language, he takes us on a journey of yearning, drawing us closely into human connections."

Cecele Allen Kraus, poet

Nightfall, Full of Light