A Point Is That Which Has No Part: Poems Contributor(s): Waldner, Liz (Author) |
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ISBN: 1587298082 ISBN-13: 9781587298080 Publisher: University of Iowa Press OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Other Published: May 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
Dewey: 811.54 |
Series: Iowa Poetry Prize |
Physical Information: 84 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Liz Waldner's bold new collection takes its title and its inspiration from Definition 1 of Euclid's Elements of Geometry. Its six sectionsOCopoint, line, circle, square, triangle, and point againOCoare explorations of various kinds of longing and lossOCosex, death, exile, story, love, and time. Drawing from culture high and lowOCoEno and Aquinas, Lassie and Donne, Silicon Valley and Walden PondOCothese poems offer proof of and proof against the OC mortal right-lined circleOCO of memory and identity." |