Ambient Light is Mary Dederer's second book of poems, following These Things Remaining (Broadstone Books, 2021). In these 25 poems, Dederer combines imagination, reflection, and a facility with poetic language and forms to look back on her life and ahead to her death. The result is a collection unflinching in its gaze, steeped in humanity, grace, and beauty., Poetry, Contemporary American Poetry, Poetry by Women, Contemporary Poetry, Recent Poetry, California Poetry, Mary Dederer| 9781300092131 | 48PAGES