You and Yours Contributor(s): Nye, Naomi Shihab (Author) |
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ISBN: 1929918690 ISBN-13: 9781929918690 Publisher: BOA Editions OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2005 Annotation: The author balances direct language with a suggestive "aslantness," probing the fragile connection between language and meaning. In this volume, ordinary people become extraordinary through empathetic use of poetic language. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Middle Eastern - Social Science | Regional Studies |
Dewey: 811.54 |
LCCN: 2005011360 |
Series: American Poets Continuum |
Physical Information: 0.27" H x 5.84" W x 9.28" (0.33 lbs) 104 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In You and Yours, Naomi Shihab Nye continues her conversation with ordinary people whose lives become, through her empathetic use of poetic language, extraordinary. Nye writes of local life in her inner-city Texas neighborhood, about rural schools and urban communities she's visited in this country, as well as the daily rituals of Jews and Palestinians who live in the war-torn Middle East. The Day I missed the day Balancing direct language with a suggestive "aslantness," Nye probes the fragile connection between language and meaning. She never shies from the challenge of trying to name the mysterious logic of childhood or speak truth to power in the face of the horrors of war. She understands our lives are marked by tragedy, inequity, and misunderstanding, and that our best chance of surviving our losses and shortcomings is to maintain a heightened awareness of the sacred in all things. Naomi Shihab Nye, poet, editor, anthologist, is a recipient of writing fellowships from the Lannan and Guggenheim foundations. Nye's work has been featured on PBS poetry specials including NOW with Bill Moyers, The Language of Life with Bill Moyers, and The United States of Poetry. She has traveled abroad as a visiting writer on three Arts America tours sponsored by the United States Information Agency. In 2001 she received a presidential appointment to the National Council of the National Endowment for the Humanities. She lives in San Antonio, Texas. |