Bright Existence

The poems in Brenda Hillman's new collection, a companion volume to her recent 'Death Tractates, ' offer a dynamic vision of a universe founded on the tensions between light and dark, existence and non-existence, male and female, spirit and matter.

About the author

BRENDA HILLMAN is the author of Coffee, 3 A.M. (1982), and three other books of poetry published by Wesleyan University Press, White Dress (1985), Fortress (1989), and Death Tractates (1992). Her work has won the Delmore Schwartz Memorial Award for Poetry and the Poetry Society of America's Norma Farber First Book Prize. She teaches at ST. Mary's College in Moraga, CA. Her other books, all published by Wesleyan, include Cascadia (2001), Loose Sugar (1997), Death Tractates (1992), and Fortress (1989).

Summary

A celebrated poet's vision of our dynamic universe.

Product details

• Authors: Brenda Hillman
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.1993
• EAN: 9780819512079
• ISBN: 978-0-8195-1207-9
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 195 g
• Series: Wesleyan Poetry; Wesleyan Poetry Series; Wesleyan Poetry
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama