| An Unkindness of Ravens Contributor(s): Kearney, Meg (Author), Hall, Donald (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1929918097 ISBN-13: 9781929918096 Publisher: BOA Editions OUR PRICE: $13.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2001 Annotation: In "An Unkindness of Ravens," Meg Kearney's poems weave voices of estrangement and redemption: mothers, daughters, lovers of gin and dead things. In the middle poems, the protagonist confronts "Raven": a figure of guises and disguises, revealing the speaker's fears and angst. National Book Critics Circle Award-winning poet Donald Hall has written the Foreword. Meg Kearney is the Associate Director of the National Book Foundation. She was the recipient of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and "New York Times" fellowships and received the Alice M. Sellers Academy of American Poets Prize in 1998. She lives in New York City. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Women Authors - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - General |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| LCCN: 2001020213 |
| Series: A. Poulin, Jr. New Poets of America |
| Physical Information: 0.24" H x 6.34" W x 9.02" (0.29 lbs) 96 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In An Unkindness of Ravens, Meg Kearney's poems weave voices of estrangement and redemption: mothers, daughters, lovers of gin, and dead things. >In an attempt to create an identity--to imagine a past when all biological and genealogical ties have been severed--Kearney's poems create their own mythology in order to tell an emotional truth. A number of poems find the protagonist speaking to the character, Raven, who serves as an imaginary lover, friend, and foe: the vehicle through which the reader identifies with the speaker's joy and angst. |