title: Acquainted with the Night: Insomnia Poems
author:  Lisa Russ Spaar 
description: This dark-hued but often beautiful anthology offers poems from many cultures. (Herbert Kupferberg <i>Boston Globe</i>)<br /><br />One of the greatest pleasures for me as a poetry lover is to discover a remarkable new anthology full of unfamiliar gems and forgotten classics. Lisa Russ Spaar's <i>Acquainted with the Night</i> is exactly this sort of bookvital, engrossing, and enlarging. Spaar's treatment of her single subject is astonishingly diverse, ranging from ancient Greek to modern Japanese. She mixes compelling poems from Russia, Italy, India, China, Sweden, France, and elsewhere with a striking selection from the English-speaking world. As she explores her dark subject, insomnia becomes a focal point for the human condition. (Dana Gioia)
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  “I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.”
  
  
  —Sarah Williams, “The Old Astronomer to His Pupil”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  Read ’Em and Sleep:
  
  
  Mindfulness-Based Insomnia Relief
  
  
    
  
  
  Nick Mosca, M.Div.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2017 by Nick Mosca
  
  
  Personalized Mindfulness Press  
  New York © 2017
  
  
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  ISBN: 978-0-692-83091-8
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  For Momma and Adam, who putter through insomnia.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  [Introduction](part0006.html#Sleep_Final)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [How to Use This Book](part0007.html#Sleep_Final)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [1\. Pillows and