Emplumada is Lorna Dee Cervantes s first book, a collection of poems remarkable for their surface clarity, precision of image, and emotional urgency. Rooted in her Chicana heritage, these poems illuminate the American experience of the last quarter century and, at a time when much of what is merely fashionable in American poetry is recondite and exclusive, Cervantes has the ability to speak to and for a large audience."
Emplumada is Lorna Dee Cervantes s first book, a collection of poems remarkable for their surface clarity, precision of image, and emotional ur...
Kate Daniels's central myth is that of Niobe, the mother in Greek mythology whose children were killed by the gods because of her great pride in them. She taps the lasting power of the ancient story in poems about personal loss and political insanity. Though the subjects are frequently grim, the final effect of the book is not, since Daniels's central theme is endurance, the discovery of what we need to survive.
Kate Daniels's central myth is that of Niobe, the mother in Greek mythology whose children were killed by the gods because of her great pride in them....
When Shawn Doubiago graduated from high school, she and her mother Sharon, embarked on a journey through Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. In Cuzco, Peru, standing before an alter where the Incas had sacrifced their female virgins, the daughter asked, Are there any good men? "South American Mi Hija" is Sharon Doubiago s reply.
Set amidst the mysteries and tragedies of South American culture, this book-length narrative poem is both an account of their journey and a feminist exploration of the struggle between the sexes."
When Shawn Doubiago graduated from high school, she and her mother Sharon, embarked on a journey through Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. In Cuzco, Per...
Winner of the 1991 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize. The poems in this book deal with life in a Pennsylvania Mennonite community and the tensions and conflicts that exist for the speaker as she tries to be true to two worlds, the other being New York City.
Winner of the 1991 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize. The poems in this book deal with life in a Pennsylvania Mennonite community and the tension...
Offers a poem structured around recurring themes and voices. Gardinier is the author of Usahn: Ten Poems and a Story (1990), and in 1992 she won the Associated Writing Programs' Award.
Offers a poem structured around recurring themes and voices. Gardinier is the author of Usahn: Ten Poems and a Story (1990), and in 1992 she won the A...
In choosing Cathy Song s first book for the Yale Series of Younger Poets, Richard Hugo said that her poems are bouquets to those moments in life that seemed minor but in retrospect count the most. In this, Song s third book, the poems are like the school figures an ice skater etches onto the ice - the pen moving silently and deliberately across a white expanse of paper and experience, bringing maximum pressure to bear upon the blade of language to unlock the invisible fire beneath the ice. "
In choosing Cathy Song s first book for the Yale Series of Younger Poets, Richard Hugo said that her poems are bouquets to those moments in life that ...
