Brittingham Prize in Poetry – serie
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13 produkter
Horizon Note
Av Robin Behn
Inbunden, 2001
349 kr
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A son is born early, as if coming up over the horizon before his own dawn. An elderly father lingers at life's other horizon. These poems use language which is dense and clear, playful and sombre, with an emotional amplitude which is suggestive of Behn's own musical training.
Horizon Note
Av Robin Behn
Häftad, 2001
187 kr
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A son is born early, as if coming up over the horizon before his own dawn. An elderly father lingers at life's other horizon. These poems use language which is dense and clear, playful and sombre, with an emotional amplitude which is suggestive of Behn's own musical training.
Acts of Contortion
Av Anna George Meek, Paulo Roberto de Almeida
Häftad, 2002
187 kr
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Winner of the 2002 Brittingham Prize in Poetry, this collection explores the gestures of hurtfulness and compassion. Whether set in a shelter for battered women, in the midst of a political demonstration, or at the centre of an orchestra, the poems pursue the place of language in an injurous world.
Sea of Faith
Häftad, 2004
187 kr
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In a masterful blending of lyric and narrative, Sea of Faith ranges across interior states and external worlds. From the Sierra Nevadas to New York City subways, from an imagined friendship with Lao Tzu to a meditation on Coney Island, from a comic and poignant classroom discussion to a sexual …
New Jersey
Av Betsy Andrews, Ronald Wallace
Häftad, 2007
187 kr
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Betsy Andrews' sweeping, energetic, book-length poem pounds the pavement of the New Jersey Turnpike, driving through America - past landfills and wetlands and weapons labs - under the towering shadows of engines, oil, and war. With a disarmingly unique voice that evokes the tradition of Pound and …
Meditations on Rising and Falling
Av Philip Pardi
Häftad, 2008
187 kr
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From tumult to catharsis, the poems in Philip Pardi's first collection, ""Meditations on Rising and Falling"", explore the emotional tug-of-war that is the human experience. Present at every turn are people searching for meaning and sense in an elusive world: a doorman who plans to punch the …
Bird Skin Coat
Av Angela Sorby
Häftad, 2009
187 kr
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Bird Skin Coat is brimming with startling moments of beauty found within a rusty and decayed landscape. With wild lyrical images of ascent and descent - doves and dives, sparrows and slugs, attics and cellars - this collection reflects Sorby's keen eye for blending images. As they shuttle between …
MOUTHS of GRAZING THINGS
Av University of Wisconsin Press
Häftad, 2010
187 kr
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The Mouths of Grazing Things is an unflinching, lyrical meditation on nature's forced exodus from the human, and the forms of longing, estrangement, magnetism, and self-otherness that ensue. Arrestingly tender and fiercely protective of where nature lurks in and out of us still, Boyden translates …
My Favorite Tyrants
Av Joanne Diaz
Häftad, 2014
219 kr
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Winner of the 2014 Brittingham Prize in Poetry, selected by Naomi Shihab Nye.The word “tyrant” carries negative connotations, but in this new collection, Joanne Diaz tries to understand what makes tyranny so compelling, even seductive. These dynamic, funny, often poignant poems investigate the …
Hive
Häftad, 2015
235 kr
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Hive is a remarkable debut collection of poems about brutality, exaltation, rebellion, and allegiance. Written in the voice of a teenage Mormon girl, these poems chronicle an inheritance of daily violence and closely guarded secrets. A conflicting cast of recurring characters—best friends, sisters, …
Sea of Faith
Inbunden, 2004
346 kr
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In a masterful blending of lyric and narrative, Sea of Faith ranges across interior states and external worlds. From the Sierra Nevadas to New York City subways, from an imagined friendship with Lao Tzu to a meditation on Coney Island, from a comic and poignant classroom discussion to a sexual …
New Jersey
Av Betsy Andrews, Ronald Wallace
Inbunden, 2007
346 kr
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Betsy Andrews' sweeping, energetic, book-length poem pounds the pavement of the New Jersey Turnpike, driving through America - past land-fills and wetlands and weapons labs - under the towering shadows of engines, oil, and war. With a disarmingly unique voice that evokes the tradition of Pound and …
Bird Skin Coat
Av Angela Sorby
Inbunden, 2009
346 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Bird Skin Coat is brimming with startling moments of beauty found within a rusty and decayed landscape. With wild lyrical images of ascent and descent - doves and dives, sparrows and slugs, attics and cellars - this collection reflects Sorby's keen eye for blending images. As they shuttle between …
