| Roze & Blud: A Long Poem Contributor(s): Iwen, Jayson (Author) |
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ISBN: 1682261328 ISBN-13: 9781682261323 Publisher: University of Arkansas Press OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Family - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Places |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| LCCN: 2019045396 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.35 lbs) 140 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner, 2020 Miller Williams Poetry Prize In this long poem--almost a novel-in-verse--Jayson Iwen examines the intimate thoughts and feelings of two would-be poets: Roze Mertha, a teenage girl growing up in a trailer park, and William Blud, a veteran navigating age and loneliness in an apartment he shares with an Afghan refugee. Deftly crafting distinct voices for these characters in the upper midwestern terrain they inhabit, Iwen explores the quiet heartbreak and tenderly treasured experiences of two apparently unremarkable people using poetry to understand a world that doesn't make much space for them. |