| A Bracelet of Honeybees Contributor(s): Strongin, Lynn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0997914904 ISBN-13: 9780997914900 Publisher: Headmistress Press OUR PRICE: $9.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Lgbt |
| Physical Information: 0.16" H x 6" W x 9" (0.26 lbs) 78 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Gay |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In A Bracelet of Honeybees, Lynn Strongin conveys braided stories of aging, pain, and sexuality through her signature genius with language. In these poems, we find Strongin, an older lesbian poet, surviving with the disabling remnants of a childhood bout with polio. Strongin's language is always lush and playful; her imagery always surprising; and her allusions always erudite. No emotion, notion, or possibility is missing in these sharp-witted, sometimes twisted, poems. Strongin writes despairing lines such as "all nights are hospital nights" and "In my childhood all cities were London bombed by the Germans" alongside praiseful stanzas such as "Unseen fire/ Reflected in your round face/ my ample, deep desire." A Bracelet of Honeybees is a joy ride; it's full of honey and sting. |