ISBN: 0375412794

In her remarkableBlack Series, Laurie Sheck turns the ordinary world inside out and shows us its glittering seams. Her long, elegantly quizzical lines convey a haunted vision of human str… More...

In her remarkableBlack Series, Laurie Sheck turns the ordinary world inside out and shows us its glittering seams. Her long, elegantly quizzical lines convey a haunted vision of human striving which is in part an elaboration on our daily reality, and in part a fantastic departure from it. "I can almost taste the glassy air," she writes. "Where are the birds in it, / wings lifting as currents buffet them like echoes, bright / chaos of atomized instances . . . ?" Roaming freely in the shifting landscape of the imagination, Sheck delivers an inner life that is just as vivid as what we see around us; at the same time, she shows us what we see in a new light, bringing illumination even to darkness: It's the black night that wakes in me, so dominant, so focused. And then a car goes by and I think, "I'm in the world," tires kicking up gravel from the dust. What does the orange hawkweed do inside this darkits radiance secretive but not extinguished? To read this collection is to discover at every turn that secretive but undeniable radiance, and a language that is both riveting and distinctive. literature and fiction,poetry Poetry, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group<

ISBN: 0375412794

In her remarkable Black Series, Laurie Sheck turns the ordinary world inside out and shows us its glittering seams. Her long, elegantly quizzical lines convey a haunted vision of human st… More...

In her remarkable Black Series, Laurie Sheck turns the ordinary world inside out and shows us its glittering seams. Her long, elegantly quizzical lines convey a haunted vision of human striving which is in part an elaboration on our daily reality, and in part a fantastic departure from it. "I can almost taste the glassy air," she writes. "Where are the birds in it, / wings lifting as currents buffet them like echoes, bright / chaos of atomized instances . . . ?" Roaming freely in the shifting landscape of the imagination, Sheck delivers an inner life that is just as vivid as what we see around us; at the same time, she shows us what we see in a new light, bringing illumination even to darkness:It’s the black night that wakes in me, so dominant, so focused.And then a car goes by and I think, "I’m in the world,"tires kicking up gravel from the dust.What does the orange hawkweed do inside this dark–its radiancesecretive but not extinguished?To read this collection is to discover at every turn that secretive but undeniable radiance, and a language that is both riveting and distinctive. literature and fiction,poetry Poetry, Knopf<

2001, ISBN: 0375412794

Hardcover

[EAN: 9780375412790], Fine, [PU: Alfred a Knopf Inc, Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.], POETRY, LAURIE SHEEK, Poetry|American, Poetry|General, Jacket, Fine condition hardcover book in very … More...

[EAN: 9780375412790], Fine, [PU: Alfred a Knopf Inc, Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.], POETRY, LAURIE SHEEK, Poetry|American, Poetry|General, Jacket, Fine condition hardcover book in very good plus to near fine condition dust jacket. NOT a remainder or an ex library book. The book is tightly bound and square, the pages are crisp, clean, bright, notation and defect free. The dust jacket is clean, complete and shows only minor wear. Very clean book. 100 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall<

ISBN: 0375412794

[EAN: 9780375412790], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Knopf], Poetry|American, Poetry|General, Good clean copy with no missing pages might be an ex library copy; Possibly may have minor ma… More...

[EAN: 9780375412790], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Knopf], Poetry|American, Poetry|General, Good clean copy with no missing pages might be an ex library copy; Possibly may have minor marginal notes and or highlighting<