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Edited by Aleda Shirley
Sarabande Books, 263 pages, $14.95 paper
Even if you’re not headed to the sandy outreaches this summer, you’ll feel as though you are when reading this lovely, highly portable anthology. Written by some of America’s best authors, the stories, essays and poems demonstrate that the beach doesn’t only evoke emotions of serenity and languor in its visitors. As Robert Hass’ poem, “On the Coast Near Sausalito,” begins, “I won’t say much for the sea/except that it was, almost,/the color of sour milk.”