Field Notes for the Self

Lundy, Randy

ISBN 10: 0889776911 / ISBN 13: 9780889776913

Edité par University of Regina Press, 2020

First Edition with a complete numberline. A Near Fine copy with slight shelfwear. Internally clean and free of markings with an uncreased spine. N° de réf. du vendeur 645185

Synopsis :

Field Notes for the Self is a series of dark meditations: spiritual exercises in which the poem becomes a forensics of the soul. The poems converse with Patrick Lane, John Thompson, and Charles Wright, but their closest cousins may be Arvo Pärt's tintinnabulations—overlapping structures in which notes or images are rung slowly and repeatedly like bells. The goal is freedom from illusion, freedom from memory, from ""the same old stories"" of Lundy's violent past; and freedom, too, from the unreachable memories of the violence done to his Indigenous ancestors, which, Lundy tells us, seem to haunt his cellular biology. Rooted in exquisitely modulated observations of the natural world, the singular achievement of these poems is mind itself, suspended before interior vision like a bit of crystal twisting in the light. Praise for Randy Lundy: ""Here is a poet of whom one can say—quietly, simply, with gratitude—that highest of praises: the real thing."" —Jane Hirshfield, author of The Beauty ""Randy Lundy has entered the place where the masters reside…"" —Patrick Lane, author of Washita

À propos de l?auteur:

Award-winning poet Randy Lundy is a Cree, Irish, and Norwegian member of the Barren Lands First Nation, Brochet, Manitoba. Born in Thompson, Manitoba, he lived most of his life in Saskatchewan before recently taking a teaching position at University of Toronto, Scarborough.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Field Notes for the Self
Éditeur : University of Regina Press
Date d'édition : 2020
Reliure : Trade Paperback
Etat : Near Fine
Edition : First Edition.