| Begin with a Failed Body: Poems Contributor(s): Graham, Natalie J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820351202 ISBN-13: 9780820351209 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $18.86 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - African American |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| LCCN: 2017008992 |
| Series: Cave Canem Poetry Prize |
| Physical Information: 0.27" H x 5.53" W x 8.24" (0.22 lbs) 88 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of poems begins rooted in the landscape of the U.S. South as it voices singular lives carved out of immediate and historical trauma. While these poems dwell in the body, often meditating on its frailty and desire, they also question the weight that literary, historical, and religious icons are expected to bear. Within the vast scope of this volume, the poems arc from a pig farmer's funeral to Georges de la Tour's paintings and Toni Morrison's Beloved. With an ear tuned to the lift and lilt of speech, they wring song from sorrow and plant in every dirge a seed of jubilation. Rich in clarity and decisive in her attention to image, Natalie J. Graham writes resonant, lush poetry. |
Contributor Bio(s): Graham, Natalie J.: - NATALIE GRAHAM is an associate professor of African American studies at California State University, Fullerton. |