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Night Radio
Contributor(s): Young, Kim (Author)
ISBN: 1607812053     ISBN-13: 9781607812050
Publisher: University of Utah Press
OUR PRICE:   $13.46  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American - General
Dewey: 811.6
LCCN: 2012021494
Series: Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry
Physical Information: 0.2" H x 5.9" W x 8.3" (0.25 lbs) 76 pages
 
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Winner of the Agha Shahid Ali Poetry Prize

Set against the sprawling backdrop of Los Angeles, Night Radio excavates the kidnapping and sexual assault of a young girl and the resulting layers of trauma exacted upon her and her family. Working within the paradox of the insufficiency of language and the necessity of expression, these poems elevate overwhelming experiences into near-mythic narrative. Night Radio's attempt through art to "make sense" of a seemingly senseless world raises troubling and timeless questions about the value, necessity, and futility of the aesthetic act. At the heart of the book is a journey toward reconciliation--wherein one discovers an abiding though hard-won faith within a complex, overwhelming, and, at times, frightening universe.

Finalist for the Kate Tufts Discovery Award.