An Individual History - Poems

An Individual History describes the fears, anger and guilt-personal, familial, societal, political and historical-that comprise a life. The figure of the speaker's maternal grandmother who was institutionalised for five decades serves as an overriding metaphor for this haunting, bold new work by an essential American poet.

About the author

Michael Collier is a former director of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conferences and professor emeritus of English, University of Maryland. He lives in Maryland.

Summary

A cycle of pathbreaking poems about the history of a family set against the backdrop of the last century.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Collier, Collier Michael
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.11.2014
• EAN: 9780393350319
• ISBN: 978-0-393-35031-9
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 211 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 123 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Gedichte, Reime (dt.) div., POETRY / General