In the River of SongsA poetic meditation on life, loss, and legacy. So what lasts? asks the speaker in the poem El Anatsui. This is the central question of Susan Jacksons new collection In the River of Songs. Jackson is a poet dedicated to exploring the mysteries of what it means to be fully human in a world where love, loss, pain, and joy are irrevocably nested together. These poems seem to answer that whatever does last is not easily defined; maybe only the intangible