| Erou Contributor(s): Phillips, Maya (Author) |
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ISBN: 1945588381 ISBN-13: 9781945588389 Publisher: Four Way Books OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - African American - Poetry | Women Authors - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Death, Grief, Loss |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| LCCN: 2019004731 |
| Series: Stahlecker Selections |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.8" W x 8.9" (0.45 lbs) 124 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Maya Phillips' stunning debut collection Erou borrows the framework of the traditional Greek epic to interrogate the inner workings of a present-day nuclear family and the role of a patriarch whose life, marriage, and death are imagined as a sort of hero's journey. Her poems move seamlessly between the worlds of the living and the dead, between myth and reality in a journey that raises its own Homeric question: What is home and how do we locate our place within that home? These are poems of passion and compassion in their reconciliation with what cannot be changed--but can be understood--by those who have been left behind. |