The World Is Round: Poems - Couverture souple

Quashie, Finney &

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0810152339 ISBN 13 : 9780810152335

Editeur : Northwestern University Press, 2013

Synopsis

The World Is Round, Nikky Finney's third volume of poetry, collects the wisps of memory we carry with us throughout our earthly lives and weaves them into deft and nuanced poems that emphasize understanding the cycles of life. The settings offer a view into the kaleidoscope of human experience: the sweetness and shock of family life, the omnipresent wash of memory, and the ebullience of warm Southern air. The World Is Round carries with it an implicit challenge--to the author as a poet, and to the reader as a fellow human--to see the characters and details and events of our lives with clarity, fearlessness, and love. The result is poems that range the gamut of human reach and resilience, fury and frailty. The poet's vision of community requires understanding and tolerance from every breathing soul. Finney illuminates the cruelties of the sometimes gawking, narrow-minded world and makes a plea for compassion inspired by our common humanity.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Nikiky Finney holds the John H. Bennett Jr. Chair of Southern Letters and Creative Writing at the University of South Carolina. She is editor of the anthology The Ringing Ear: Black poets Lean South and the author of a short story collection, Heartwood. Her fourth collection of poetry, Head Off & Split, won the National Book Award for Poetry (Northwestern University Press, 2011).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Northwestern University Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0810152339
• ISBN 13: 9780810152335
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 121
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• Personne responsable: non disponible