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Selvage Hardcover - 2012
by Linda Gregerson
The poems in Selvage, Linda Gregerson’s first collection since her Kingsley Tufts Award winning Magnetic North, allude to Milton, to the great myths of Ariadne, Theseus, and Dido, and include a magnificent series detailing Masaccio’s frescoes about the life of Saint Peter.
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A magnificent new collection from National Book Award finalist and Kingsley Tufts Award winner Linda Gregerson
In eloquent poems about Ariadne, Theseus, and Dido, the death of a father, a bombing raid in Lebanon, and in a magnificent series detailing Masaccio’s Brancacci frescoes, The Selvage deftly traces the “line between” the “wonder and woe” of human experience. Keenly attuned to the precariousness of our existence in a fractured world—of “how little the world will spare us”—Gregerson explores the cruelty of human and political violence, such as the recent island massacre in Norway and “the current nightmare” of war and terrorism. And yet, running as a “counterpoint” to violence and cruelty is “The reigning brilliance / of the genome and / the risen moon . . . ,” “The / arachnid’s exoskeleton. The kestrel’s eye.” The Selvage is the boldest evidence yet that Linda Gregerson’s unique combination of dramatic lyricism and fierce intelligence transcends current fashions to claim an enduring place in American poetry.
In eloquent poems about Ariadne, Theseus, and Dido, the death of a father, a bombing raid in Lebanon, and in a magnificent series detailing Masaccio’s Brancacci frescoes, The Selvage deftly traces the “line between” the “wonder and woe” of human experience. Keenly attuned to the precariousness of our existence in a fractured world—of “how little the world will spare us”—Gregerson explores the cruelty of human and political violence, such as the recent island massacre in Norway and “the current nightmare” of war and terrorism. And yet, running as a “counterpoint” to violence and cruelty is “The reigning brilliance / of the genome and / the risen moon . . . ,” “The / arachnid’s exoskeleton. The kestrel’s eye.” The Selvage is the boldest evidence yet that Linda Gregerson’s unique combination of dramatic lyricism and fierce intelligence transcends current fashions to claim an enduring place in American poetry.
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A magnificent new collection from National Book Award finalist and Kingsley Tufts Award winner Linda Gregerson
In eloquent poems about Ariadne, Theseus, and Dido, the death of a father, a bombing raid in Lebanon, and in a magnificent series detailing Masaccio s Brancacci frescoes, The Selvage deftly traces the line between the wonder and woe of human experience. Keenly attuned to the precariousness of our existence in a fractured world of how little the world will spare us Gregerson explores the cruelty of human and political violence, such as the recent island massacre in Norway and the current nightmare of war and terrorism. And yet, running as a counterpoint to violence and cruelty is The reigning brilliance / of the genome and / the risen moon . . ., The / arachnid s exoskeleton. The kestrel s eye. The Selvage is the boldest evidence yet that Linda Gregerson s unique combination of dramatic lyricism and fierce intelligence transcends current fashions to claim an enduring place in American poetry.
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In eloquent poems about Ariadne, Theseus, and Dido, the death of a father, a bombing raid in Lebanon, and in a magnificent series detailing Masaccio s Brancacci frescoes, The Selvage deftly traces the line between the wonder and woe of human experience. Keenly attuned to the precariousness of our existence in a fractured world of how little the world will spare us Gregerson explores the cruelty of human and political violence, such as the recent island massacre in Norway and the current nightmare of war and terrorism. And yet, running as a counterpoint to violence and cruelty is The reigning brilliance / of the genome and / the risen moon . . ., The / arachnid s exoskeleton. The kestrel s eye. The Selvage is the boldest evidence yet that Linda Gregerson s unique combination of dramatic lyricism and fierce intelligence transcends current fashions to claim an enduring place in American poetry.
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- Title Selvage
- Author Linda Gregerson
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First printing
- Pages 112
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin, U.S.A.
- Date 2012-10-23
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780547750095 / 0547750099
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.7 in (23.11 x 16.00 x 1.78 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Women's Interest
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012015517
- Dewey Decimal Code 811.54
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- Library Journal, 06/01/2012, Page 105
- Publishers Weekly, 09/17/2012, Page 0
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