LAURA MORIARTY is the author of more than a dozen books, including Rondeaux, Duse, Self-Destruction, Ultravioleta, and A Semblance: Selected Poetry 1975–2006. She is the deputy director of Small Press Distribution in Berkeley, California.

“Moriarty’s A Tonalist explores–in appropriately trans-generic form–the shades, timbres, and temporalities of affinity with a warmth and intelligence rarely encountered in this age of ironic overdetermination. This is, simply put, a moving and vital book. ”—Stephen Cope