Colcha - Couverture souple

Abeyta, Aaron

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0870816152 ISBN 13 : 9780870816154

Editeur : University Press of Colorado, U.S., 2001

Synopsis

Winner of a 2002 American Book Award Winner of the 2002 Colorado Book Award in Poetry
" The natural voice at work in the poetry sings of one human life as if it were our own. I loved listening ."
—Rita Kiefer, author of  Nesting Doll
" This just may be one of the best books of poetry I have ever read. . . . This is the kind of writing that give poetry a good name ."
—Mike Nobles,  Tulsa World
" Abeyta's poetry amazingly captures this struggle with poems that are simultaneously d and thankful, celebratory and melancholy, earthly and ethereal. . . . Poet Abeyta beautifully captures the hardships of living in rural Colorado ."
— Blue Sky Quarterly
" Abeyta writes about family, friends, and famous (and infamous) locals. His approach is intimate and daring while avoiding the self-absorbed, coffee-house clichés we fear. Yes, death plays a role in the connection of community and the land, but these poems are sly rather than dark, modulated rather than graphic, sweet rather than maudlin ."

—Wayne Sheldrake,  Colorado Central Magazine
In Colcha, Aaron Abeyta blends the contrasting rhythms of the English and Spanish languages, finding music in a simple yet memorable lyricism without losing the complexity and mystery of personal experience. His forty-two poems take the reader on a journey through a contemplative personal history that explores communal, political and societal issues as well as the individual experiences of family and friends. With his distinctive voice, Abeyta invites people of all tures to enter his poems by exploring the essence of humanity as expressed by his partiar Hispanic ture and heritage.
Marked by intimacy and deep sentiment, Colcha not only acquaints us with the land of Abeyta's people, but also reveals the individuals from his life and family history in the most colorful and delicate detail.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Aaron Abeyta is a poet who was born and raised in the San Luis valley of southern Colorado. In 1998 he won the Colorado Council on the Arts Fellowship for Poetry, and also has won the Grand Prize from the Academy of American Poets, for his poem "colcha." His poems have been published in The Dry Creek Review, Sage Plains Review, Chokecherries, and other literary journals. He is Professor of English at Colorado State University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Press of Colorado, U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0870816152
• ISBN 13: 9780870816154
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 108
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible