Synopses & Reviews
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This provocative collection of new poems is the latest in a series of Paul Mariani's rich contributions to American literature. These spiritually searching poems develop themes of personal loss - the deaths we experience - as well as the quest for new life often known as tranfigurations.
Barry Moser, one of the world's foremost book designers and illustrators, has created a series of original engravings within the text that correspond to the major themes in Mariani's verse.
Listen to Paul Mariani Read from Deaths and Transfigurations:
Solar Ice
The Sweater
Casualty Report
Silt
Death and Transfiguration
911
High Tea with Miss Juliana
Hopkins in Ireland
When We Walked Together
Synopsis
This provocative collection of new poems is the latest in a series of Paul Mariani's rich contributions to American literature. These spiritually searching poems develop themes of personal loss - the deaths we experience - as well as the quest for new life often known as transfiguration.
Barry Moser, one of the world's foremost book designers and illustrators, has created a series of original engravings within the text that correspond to the major themes in Mariani's verse.
Synopsis
This provocative collection of beautiful new poems - Paul Mariani's first in nine years - searches and develops the human themes of personal loss. His searching verse explores the deaths we experience, the quest for new life, and the transfiguring moments