Hive

Klappentext This is a remarkable debut collection of poems about brutality! exaltation! rebellion! and allegiance. Written in the voice of a teenage Mormon girl! these poems chronicle an inheritance of daily violence and closely guarded secrets. A cast of recurring characters move through these poems as the speaker struggles with the gulf between her impulse toward faith and her growing doubts about the people who claim to know God's will. Zusammenfassung Hive is a remarkable debut collection of poems about brutality! exaltation! rebellion! and allegiance. Written in the voice of a teenage Mormon girl! these poems wrestle with the widening gulf between her impulse toward faith and her growing doubts about the people who claim to know God's will.

About the author

Christina Stoddard grew up in Tacoma, Washington, as a member of the Mormon church. She earned an MFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she was the Fred Chappell Fellow. She is currently the managing editor of an economics journal at Vanderbilt University and lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

Product details

• Authors: Christina Stoddard
• Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.03.2015
• EAN: 9780299304249
• ISBN: 978-0-299-30424-9
• No. of pages: 80
• Series: Brittingham Prize in Poetry; Brittingham Prize in Poetry; Wisconsin Poetry
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies