Doing Seventy

Poetry. While Hettie Jones' past collections of poetry combined prosaic diction with a knowing, urban wit .This new collection of several dozen short, unsentimental works primarily located in New York City, Jones's longtime home, extend her territory--Publishers Weekly. Readers who have appreciated Hettie Jones's previous literary works.will be intrigued and exhilarated by her recent book..an engaging meditation from the personal to the collective that.touches upon a variety of themes--Rochelle Owens. Hettie Jones is the prize-winning author of two previous collections of poetry All Told and Drive and a memoir How I Became Hettie Jones as well as many other books for children and adults.