Time Will Clean the Carcass Bones (eBook)

Selected and New Poems

Lucia Perillo (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
200 Seiten
Copper Canyon Press (Verlag)
978-1-61932-150-2 (ISBN)

Infos

“I have two words for anyone who wants to know why people turn to poetry…Lucia Perillo.”—The New York Times

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"e;Perillo's poetic persona is funny, tough, bold, smart, and righteous. A spellbinding storyteller and a poet who makes the demands of the form seem as natural as a handshake."e;Booklist"e;The poems [are] taut, lucid, lyric, filled with complex emotional reflection while avoiding the usual difficulties of highbrow poetry."e;The New York Times Book ReviewMacArthur Genius Award winner Lucia Perillo is a fearless poet who, with characteristic humor and incisive irony, confronts the failings and wonder of nature, particularly the frail and resilient human body. This generous collection draws upon five previous volumes, including books selected as a New York Times "e;100 Notable Books of the Year"e; and as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.From "e;Again, the Body"e;:When you spend many hours alone in a roomyou have more than the usual chances to disgust yourselfthis is the problem of the body, not that it is mortalbut that it is mortifying. When we were young they taught usdo not touch it, but who can keep from touching it,from scratching off the juicy scab?...Lucia Perillo graduated from McGill University in Montreal with a major in wildlife management, and subsequently worked for the US Fish and Wildlife Service. She completed her MA in English at Syracuse University, and has published eight books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. She was a MacArthur Fellow and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She lives in Olympia, Washington.

Autor

Lucia Perillo: Lucia Perillo graduated from McGill University in Montreal in 1979 with a major in wildlife management, and subsequently worked for the US Fish and Wildlife Service. She completed her MA in English at Syracuse University, and has published five books of poetry. She was a MacArthur Fellow in 2000 and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2009. She lives in Olympia, Washington.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.5.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
• ISBN-10: 1-61932-150-5 / 1619321505
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61932-150-2 / 9781619321502