A Ladder of Cranes - Couverture souple

Sexton, Tom

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1602232571 ISBN 13 : 9781602232570

Editeur : University of Alaska Press, 2015

Synopsis

Whether watching men releasing caged birds at dawn in New York City or a ladder of cranes rising from a field in Manitoba, Tom Sexton is a keen observer of the interconnectedness of the natural and human worlds. The former Alaska poet laureate takes to the road in this new collection, wending a lyrical and at times mystical path between Alaska and New England. Travelers along the way include the fabled wolf of Gubbio, old and lame and long past his taming encounter with Saint Francis of Assisi, and Chinese poet Li Bai chanting to a Yangtze River dolphin. Yet, while Sexton's journey crosses borders - and occasionally centuries - his ultimate destination is always the landscape and people of Alaska. A Ladder of Cranes showcases Sexton's mastery of both traditional forms and free verse. The tensions of his formal influences, Chinese and European, force the reader to experience these spare lines and tight observations in stunning new ways.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Tom Sexton was poet laureate of Alaska from 1995–2000. He is the author of eight books of poetry. His latest, A Clock with No Hands, is a collection of poems about his childhood in Lowell, Massachusetts. Sexton winters in Eastport, Maine and summers in Anchorage, Alaska.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Alaska Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1602232571
• ISBN 13: 9781602232570
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 60
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