True Stories - Couverture souple

Cabada, Caroliena

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1963115031 ISBN 13 : 9781963115031

Editeur : Unsolicited Press, 2024

Synopsis

Inspired by various disasters, from climate change to the pandemic, the poems of True Stories whirl together extreme weather, isolation, and interpersonal dysfunction into a gathering storm of a book. The first poem, "100-Year Storm" foregrounds cyclical themes, asking readers to consider-again and again, over and over-the effects of interconnected catastrophes. When one storm ends, the next one begins. When waters recede in one place, they flood elsewhere. When we think we're ending, we're only just beginning.

Split into five parts named for the four stages of hurricane formation and the eye of the storm, the book builds in intensity only to suddenly provide precious moments of calm relief. Poems about unbridgeable distances are side-by-side with poems about deep friendships and romantic relationships. Shattered free verse poems that move across the page are interspersed with orderly sonnets and other forms. Guiding the reader through a maelstrom before leaving them becalmed, the book artfully reproduces the feeling of living in chaotic times. Intimate and all-encompassing, each line is a torrent of emotion and truth.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Caroliena Cabada writes poetry and fiction. She was the recipient of the 2018-2019 Pearl Hogrefe Fellowship in Creative Writing at Iowa State University, where she earned her MFA in 2021. Her writing has been published in numerous online and print magazines, and was selected for Best Small Fictions 2021. She teaches first-year composition and creative writing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she is earning her PhD in English with a specialization in Ethnic Studies.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Unsolicited Press
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1963115031
• ISBN 13: 9781963115031
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 88
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible