Open Interval by Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon

Open Interval  by Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon is a book that explores how to measure distance of all sorts between celestial bodies, physical bodies, bodies and thoughts, names and truths.  Van Clief-Stefanon's poems range in topics from blues, to paintings, her mother's memories, to constellations.   Themes of her own name (also a constellation) to Dear John letters punctuate the collection. The title itself, a math term of a line that doesn't have end points, speaks more to the value of the journey between. Quotes from astronomers, musicians and writers are italicized and noted in the back.

 You can buy the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Open-Interval-Poetry-Lyrae-Clief-Stefanon/dp/0822960362

And read more poems here: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/233403

and here: https://shenandoahliterary.org/651/2015/07/21/bop-the-north-star/