| A Constellation of Half-Lives Contributor(s): Reza, Seema (Author) |
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ISBN: 1938912853 ISBN-13: 9781938912856 Publisher: Write Bloody Publishing OUR PRICE: $16.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Women Authors - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Death, Grief, Loss |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.35 lbs) 100 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Death/Dying - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Constellation of Half-Lives is a collection of poems that attempt to reconcile the crisis of living on a collapsing planet with the unreasonable joy of loving and the pleasure of being alive. With careful precision and an exquisite eye for detail, poet Seema Reza examines what it means to be a mother, a daughter, and an American in a time of war. Through second-person poems she questions whether the beauty of this world outweighs its fragility and risk.
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Contributor Bio(s): Reza, Seema: - Seema Reza is a poet and essayist and the author of When the World Breaks Open (Red Hen Press) and A Constellation of Half-Lives (Write Bloody). Based outside of Washington DC she is the Chair of Community Building Art Works, a unique hospital arts program that encourages the use of the arts as a tool for narration, self-care and socialization among a military population struggling with emotional and physical injuries. In 2015 she was awarded the Col John Gioia Patriot Award by USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore for her work with service members. |