Blackbird and Wolf Poems

Name: Blackbird and Wolf Poems
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ISBN: 9780374531126

ISBN-10: 0374531129

ISBN-13: 9780374531126

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Authors: Henri Cole

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"I don't want words to sever me from reality.to reveal feeling but feeling--as in freedom, or the knowledge of peace in a realm beyond, or the sound of water poured in a bowl. --from "Gravity and Center" "In his sixth collection of verse, Henri Cole deepens his excavations and examinations of autobiography and memory. These poems--often hovering within the realm of the sonnet--combine a delight in the senses with the rueful, the elegiac, the harrowing. Central here is the human need for love, the highest function of our species. Whether writing about solitude or unsanctioned desire, animals or flowers, the dissolution of his mother's body or war, Cole maintains a style that is neither…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 3/18/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 80
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.242
Language: English

Henri Colewas born in Fukuoka, Japan, and was raised in Virginia. The recipient of many awards, he is the author, most recently, ofPierce the Skin(FSG, 2010);Blackbird and Wolf(FSG, 2007);Middle Earth(FSG, 2003), a Pulitzer Prize finalist; andThe Visible Man(FSG, 1998).