Expectation Days: Poems - Couverture rigide

McPherson, Sandra

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0252032349 ISBN 13 : 9780252032349

Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 2007

Synopsis

From movie making to medical misadventures, meditations on widowhood to feminist protestations, Expectation Days is a dazzling portrayal of instances in Sandra McPherson’s life. Her autobiographical collection uses peculiar and exact language to reflect on a wide range of activities that include grouse hunting, going through airport security after 9/11, and climbing a coastal cliff. From being an unintended child to ceremonializing a lifetime “served,” McPherson speaks in both clear and distressing voices from the state of speechless fear that is bereavement.

     Will the little figures ever reach the monument?

A doctor orders me to be on watch.

     Will the mist pass over their cheeks

     and clear the strollers’ eyes?

If so, I’ll see it. I’m on watch.

I train my eyes on paintings

to see if there is any change.

--from “On Suicide Watch”

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sandra McPherson is a professor of English at the University of California, Davis, and the author of numerous poetry collections, including A Visit to Civilization.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Illinois Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0252032349
• ISBN 13: 9780252032349
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 104
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