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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Black Series: Poemsby Laurie Sheck
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The "haunting, beautiful collection" (Library Journal) of which Phoebe Pettingell writes in The New Leader: "The secret life of Laurie Sheck's poetry...is something we can scarcely afford to do without." To read it is to discover at every turn a hidden but undeniable radiance, and a language that is both riveting and distinctive. Synopsis:In her remarkable "Black Series, Laurie Sheck turns the ordinary world inside out and shows us its glittering seams. Her long, elegantly quizzical lines convey a haunted vision of human striving which is in part an elaboration on our daily reality, and in part a fantastic departure from it. "I can almost taste the glassy air," she writes. "Where are the birds in it, / wings lifting as currents buffet them like echoes, bright / chaos of atomized instances . . . ?" Roaming freely in the shifting landscape of the imagination, Sheck delivers an inner life that is just as vivid as what we see around us; at the same time, she shows us what we see in a new light, bringing illumination even to darkness: It's the black night that wakes in me, so dominant, so focused. And then a car goes by and I think, "I'm in the world," tires kicking up gravel from the dust. What does the orange hawkweed do inside this dark-its radiance secretive but not extinguished? To read this collection is to discover at every turn that secretive but undeniable radiance, and a language that is both riveting and distinctive. "From the Hardcover edition. Synopsis:This "haunting, beautiful collection" ("Library Journal") is by the author of"The Willow Grove, " a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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