Grandma Poems~Not Too Sweet - Couverture souple

Raphael, Carolyn

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1947465236 ISBN 13 : 9781947465237

Editeur : Kelsay Books, 2017

Synopsis

As its title indicates, you won’t find any saccharine platitudes about grandmothering in Carolyn Raphael’s arresting new collection. She gives us sharp-eyed views of actual grandmas and their grandchildren, and captures perfectly the wistfulness of infrequent visits over a distance of 800 miles. These poems will hold special interest for anyone who has ever had a grandma, or been one, and yet will appeal to all readers who care for skilled poetry, memorable and true to life.

X. J. Kennedy, poet, novelist, children’s author, and textbook writer

Any woman who has ever experienced shock and awe at the realization that she is now (can it be?)—a grandmother—will find a new best friend in Carolyn Raphael. This collection of charming, well-crafted, often hilarious, and occasionally pensive poems will strike a familiar chord for all of us who may not have felt entirely comfortable—at least not at first—taking on the exalted Nana role. Raphael offers the reader enormous validation here, a growing joy, plus beautifully expressed reassurances that we are not alone, but simply “answer to a different call: a secret, a password, a bond.”

Marilyn L. Taylor, Wisconsin Poet Laureate, Emerita, winner of the 2016 International Margaret Reid Award for Verse in Forms, author of Step on a Crack

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Carolyn Raphael is the proud grandmother of four grandsons and one granddaughter, all provided by her children, Melissa and David, and their spouses, Frank and Nina. She retired from the English Department of Queensborough Community College, City University of New York, after more than thirty years of teaching. Her chapbook, Diagrams of Bittersweet, was published by Somers Rocks Press in 1997, and her poetry collections are The Most Beautiful Room in the World (David Robert Books, 2010) and Dancing with Bare Feet (White Violet Press, 2016).

She lives in Great Neck, New York with her husband, Larry, with whom she enjoys music, museums, travel, and trying to keep up with the grandchildren.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kelsay Books
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1947465236
• ISBN 13: 9781947465237
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 56
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