Articles liés à Conditions of the Wounded

Conditions of the Wounded - Couverture souple

Knowles, Anna Leigh

 
9780299331443: Conditions of the Wounded
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 029933144X ISBN 13 : 9780299331443
Editeur : University of Wisconsin Press, 2021

Synopsis

In her startling debut, Anna Knowles lays bare the suburban violence and wrenching pain that bely clean white picket fences and houses neatly aligned down neighborhood streets. In the haunting shadow of the Rocky Mountains, from cowboy restaurants and Coors Field to Columbine High School and AA meeting spaces, her poetry explores how fear, pain, and anguish can unexpectedly take hold and settle into the smallest spaces within us.

By never shying away from the darkness, Knowles illuminates what it truly means to portray grit, to survive, to take root and bloom. These poems include strong yet imperfect characters struggling against addiction, grief, and hopelessness. Charged moments of rebellion and grief coexist alongside love and care. Conditions of the Wounded disrupts expectations and challenges us to look deep beyond the surface.
I wanted to know how to plot a course through her threatening lungs. But if fear was a house, it was ours. Absence of breath struck us down each heart-shaken day. --Excerpt from "Conditions of the Wounded"

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

À propos de l'auteur

Anna Leigh Knowles grew up in Colorado and teaches in Quito, Ecuador. Her work has appeared in many publications, including Blackbird, Indiana Review, and Memorious.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
University of Wisconsin Press
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
029933144X
ISBN 13 
9780299331443
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
104
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible