The Infinity Sessions: Poems - Couverture souple

Hummer, T. R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0807130664 ISBN 13 : 9780807130667

Editeur : Louisiana State University Press, 2005

Synopsis

In The Infinity Sessions, T. R. Hummer achieves a radical act of translation, creating poems that project the narrative of twentieth-century America implicit in the syncopated rhythms of jazz and blues. Hummer boldly stands up as a poet and rides with some of the obscure greats with whom he feels a deep kinship -- Jimmie Lunceford, Adrian Rollini, Big Maybelle Smith, and Sun Ra -- in a dazzling poetic cycle as melodic, surprising, and improvisational as the finest of jazz music.Showing readers that the musician's character is tested and formed in the merciless crucible of improvisation, Hummer forces forth his own unique character as a poet, testing himself to the limit within the mystery, sadness, and beauty of jazz. His vaultingly ambitious collection is a work of grace and nuance, its conveyance of music in words incisively original in achieving this "impossible" translation.In the darkness, without a sound,
The relays close; the tape slides by.
What will it be this time? Shuffle for the lovers foundDead in an alley? Ballad for the boy
Who slipped over the edge? Nobody wants to call
The song. But this is fate. No mercyIn this business, the musicians know. They all
Lived and died for it, common names forgotten.
But note by note, take by take, their lyricalStumbling fattens the vault of heaven.
Omniscience has a lot to answer for. The seraphic reels spin,
Blues etched wave by wave on the shell of one electron.And then the great remastering: variations in the key of pain.
-- from "The Infinity Sessions"

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Born on a farm in rural Mississippi, T. R. Hummer is the author of fourteen books of poetry and essays. Former editor of the Georgia Review and the Kenyon Review, he is a Guggenheim fellow in poetry and has won numerous awards for his work.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Louisiana State University Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0807130664
• ISBN 13: 9780807130667
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 112
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