Ordinary Psalms - Couverture souple

Levine, Julia B.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0807174742 ISBN 13 : 9780807174746

Editeur : Louisiana State University Press, 2021

Synopsis

Struggling to accept her impending blindness, the speaker in Julia B. Levine's fifth collection of poetry, Ordinary Psalms, asks everyday life to help her learn how to see beyond appearances into fundamental truths.

As she contemplates the loss of one friend to cancer and another to suicide, along with her own visual impairment, Levine holds the world "close as I needed / to see." Imagistic, lyrical, and at times imploring divine intervention from a god she does not know or trust, these poems curse and praise the extraordinary place we live in and are in danger of losing. Lamenting that "this world is a mortal affliction / with wounds in the beautiful," Ordinary Psalms provides a seductive and lyric rumination on radiance, loss, and grief.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ava Leavell Haymon is the author of the poetry collections Why the House Is Made of Gingerbread, Kitchen Heat, and The Strict Economy of Fire. She teaches poetry writing in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and directs a writers' retreat center in the mountains of New Mexico.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Louisiana State University Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0807174742
• ISBN 13: 9780807174746
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 100
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