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Title: The Handbook of Heartbreak: 101 Poems of Lost Love and Sorrow by Robert Pinsky ISBN: 0-688-16286-X Publisher: Rob Weisbach Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: perfect companion for a post-breakup pity party
Comment: This little treasure can lead you through the gamut of emotions. I keep it on my nightstand, crawling into it when I'm feeling unloved and alone. There's something about the physical book itself -- small, thin, with the poems printed on beautiful deckle-edged paper in an elegant font -- that invites you to pick it up, hold it. The poetry within is mournful, painful, emotional -- a fine accompaniment for a bout of miserable introspection. A wide variety of poets are represented -- from Ben Johnson to Robert Frost, Shakespeare to Sylvia Plath. My personal favorite poem in the collection: Elizabeth Bishop's villanelle that begins "The art of losing isn't hard to master;/ so many things seem filled with the intent/ to be lost that their loss is no disaster. . . ." Despite this, the collection includes a number of very eloquent descriptions of the desperation of losing a love and the disaster of lost love. This is one of my favorite (and most frequently-read) collections of poetry.

Rating: 4
Summary: Wonderful Collection
Comment: The Handbook of Heartbreak has a wonderful collection of poems. Some very touching and personal ones. I related very well to some of the poetry included in this collection- a very nice piece to read over some free time, but I think it would have been even more wonderful if it had a few more pieces of poetry in it.