Graywolf press dez 2005 (2 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The unillusioned, effervescent new collection by David Rivard, whose poetry 'leaves me with a desire to be permanently friends with this mysterious kind of grace' (Tomaz Salamun)That the sun stands apartfrom all that it abuts, unwilling to judge it, may be our only real hope. --from 'We Either Do or Don't, But the Problem Evolves Anyway'In Sugartown, David Rivard's fourth collection, the poems unwind with the speed of urgent talk, detailing with mischievous humor and fierce candor the catch-as-catch-can experience of American existence. Language and merchandise pass over us in continual feed, and Rivard adeptly, subtly renders this predicament and its costs, while offering in these poems the alternative of paying attention--to one's self, to others, to the seemingly misbegotten world.The shards of experiences in Sugartown are glimpsed out of the corner of one's eye, in a blur of speed. The shapes are often familiar: the happy candy of cell-phone chatter, menus built to comfort the wealthy, emotions turned into intellectual property rights. Underneath this stream of experience, and traveling at exactly the same speed, is the clarity and surprise that our lives--our small triumphs and failures--seem to matter so much more than anyone would have expected.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The first publication in the United States of celebrated contemporary Israeli poet Agi Mishol, winner of the Yehuda Amichai Poetry PrizeYou are only twenty and your first pregnancy is an exploding bomb.Under your broad skirt you are pregnant with dynamiteand metal shavings. This is how you walk in the market . . . --from 'Woman Martyr'Agi Mishol's poetry, written in the instability of contemporary Israel, is an astounding balancing act between brave utterance and comic revelation, stark reality and pure pleasure. The poet dreams of being married to Stephen Hawking; men, with all their brazen flaws, are loved, even admired; parents are mourned and remembered; the poet herself freezes in the spotlight of her own poetry reading; a suicide bomber disguised as a pregnant woman walks into a Jerusalem bakery. Skillfully rendered from the Hebrew into English by Lisa Katz, Look There introduces American readers to a vital new poet, whose depth and verve have earned her an international reputation.A Lannan Translation Selection.…