Rising Poems for America

Beal, Jane

ISBN 10: 1498221823 / ISBN 13: 9781498221825

Edité par Resource Publications, 2015

A propos de cet article

A clean tight copy in new condition, showing only light shelf and edge wear and appearing unread! New Old Stock. ; 9 X 6 X 0.23 inches; 102 pages.

N° de réf. du vendeur 20887

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Rising Poems for America
• Éditeur: Resource Publications
• Date de parution: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1498221823
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781498221825
• Reliure: Paperback
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: New
• État de la jaquette: No Dust Jacket As Issued

A propos de ce titre

Synopsis

In Rising, poet Jane Beal goes in search of America. She sings the Cherokee Creation story, imagining dialogue between Sky-Woman and First Man. She remembers being a child and exchanging her blood with a Cherokee friend, and then, years later, the birth of that friend's son, Usquaniqdi, whose name means "miracle" In her poems, she gives voice to women from American history such as the mother Pocahontas, the midwife Martha Ballard, and the preacher Sojourner Truth. She enters into conversation with American writers like Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emily Dickinson, and Walt Whitman. In "Song of my Soul" she re-writes the Orphic myth for the whole world; the "Song" is the magnum opus of her collection. She later turns from human voices to Nature's creatures, watching the Stellar's Jay, Mourning Dove, and Great White Egret in flight. She explores the landscapes of California, Colorado, and New Mexico, the city of Vallejo, and the high Sierras, where she notices a simple marmot at home in the wild. In the last poems of the book, she moves from meditations on rainfall to the stars shining in the night sky above. This is an extraordinary collection by a significant American poet.

À propos de l?auteur

Jane Beal is a poet and professional writer. She has created more than a dozen poetry collections, including Sanctuary (2008) and Epiphany (2011), as well as three recording projects: Songs from the Secret Life, Love-Song, and with her brother, saxophonist and composer Andrew Beal, The Jazz Bird. She also writes fiction, creative non-fiction, and literary criticism. She has served as a professor at Wheaton College and Colorado Christian University, teaching creative writing and literature, and as a midwife in the US, Uganda, and the Philippines. She currently teaches at UC Davis. To learn more, visit http: //sanctuarypoet.net.