Chantry - Couverture souple

Treadwell, Elizabeth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0925904406 ISBN 13 : 9780925904409

Editeur : Chax Press, 2008

Synopsis

In Chantry Elizabeth Treadwell reinspires old language. Her poems unlock the tongues of musty books (or Penguin reprints). Chantry is a ' diving into the wreck' of longsilent dictions and myriad printed pages unread; it is a hymnal to back rooms of used bookstores and long untouched library shelves everywhere. It is one part elegy and two parts jubilation, with a twist. Chantry is a conference of sirens of all centuries, beginning with the writings of Christine de Pizan. It is handmade archaeology cum postfeminist treatise in which language has left the site of fragmented, multiple or intersubjectivity; instead, verbal interstices emit pure sonic abrasion. It sings itself and celebrates itself in an excess of devotion (and emotion) true to the American grain - but with the (Whit)mannish sprawling checked at every turn with a careful ruffle.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Elizabeth Treadwell (born 1967) is an American poet and fiction writer. Her works in prose include the novel The Queen of Cups (SFSU, 1997) and the story collection Populace (Avec Books, 1999). Her works in verse include the collections LILYFOIL + 3 (O Books, 2004), Chantry (Chax Press, 2004), Cornstarch Figurine (Dusie Books, 2006), Birds & Fancies (Shearsman Books, 2007), and Wardolly (Chax Press, 2008). Born in Oakland, California, Treadwell is a graduate of the Berkeley Unified School District, the University of California, Berkeley (B.A. in Native American Studies, 1991), and San Francisco State University (MFA in Creative Writing, 1997). From 2000-2007, she was director of Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Chax Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0925904406
• ISBN 13: 9780925904409
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 92
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