Second Nature - Couverture souple

Witte, John C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0295992913 ISBN 13 : 9780295992914

Editeur : University of Washington Press, 2013

Synopsis

John Witte's poetry sweeps the reader immediately into its crosscurrents, its passionate engagement and its ambivalence. Composed of staggered tercets, the poems in Second Nature track the chaotic rush and swerve of life as we live it. Wide open to the world, Witte writes with uncommon energy and urgency and his vision is exhilarating. Second Nature teems with expertly realized lyrics, monologues, and narratives, as well as poems based on historical figures from Ovid to Janis Joplin. The metaphors for human endurance, and the transformative power of art and community, are accurate and rich. Alert to the dangers of love and loss, Witte finds his poems where sorrow and transcendence converge. Like birds singing their “desperate psalm” in a clear-cut, his poems bring us a rare kind of hope.

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À propos de l'auteur

John Witte 's poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Paris Review, American Poetry Review, and, among numerous anthologies, The Norton Introduction to Literature. The recipient of two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, he lives with his family in Eugene, Oregon, where he teaches at the University of Oregon and edits Northwest Review. Second Nature is his third book of poetry.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Washington Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0295992913
• ISBN 13: 9780295992914
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 104
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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