Ishmael Mask - Couverture souple

Kell, Charles

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1637680708 ISBN 13 : 9781637680704

Editeur : Autumn House Press, 2023

Synopsis

Charles Kell's second collection of poems considers the instability of identity through fictional and religious characters while tackling issues of addiction, incarceration, and loss.

In Ishmael Mask, Charles Kell reminds us that identity is precarious. Kell's collection is a collage of the journeys and interior lives of various wanderers--from Ishmael, the son of Hagar, to Melville's Ishmael, and from Pierre of The Ambiguities to Pierre Guyotat. Each poem strips back the mask and beckons us to witness humanity in its barest forms. Captain Ahab's leg, Ishmael's arm, and Pierre's severed head serve as invitations to consider hunger and hope. The inspirations behind these poems--the Bible, Heraclitus, Melville, Guyotat, Tomaz Salamun--are transformed by Kell, conjuring dreamscapes both dazzling and haunting.

Ishmael Mask masterfully allows a glimpse into the human experience of feeling lost--even when right at home, even in our own bodies.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Charles Kell is the author of Cage of Lit Glass, winner of the 2018 Autumn House Poetry Prize. His poetry and fiction have been published in the Brooklyn Rail, Laurel Review, Hobart, New Orleans Review, Saint Ann's Review, Kestrel, Columbia Journal, and elsewhere. He is assistant professor of English at the Community College of Rhode Island and editor of the Ocean State Review.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Autumn House Press
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1637680708
• ISBN 13: 9781637680704
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 88
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• Personne responsable: non disponible