My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge - Poems

Zusatztext "Astonishing." Informationen zum Autor Paul Guest is the author of three poetry collections, The Resurrection of the Body and the Ruin of the World , which won the 2002 New Issues Prize in Poetry; Notes for My Body Double , which won the 2006 Prairie Schooner Book Prize; and My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge . The recipient of a 2007 Whiting Award, he lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Klappentext My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge is a fierce and original collection—its generosity of voice and emotional range announce the arrival of a major new poet. At the age of twelve, Paul Guest suffered a bicycle accident that left him paralyzed for life. But out of sudden disaster evolved a fierce poetic sensibility—one that blossomed into a refuge for all the grief, fury, and wonder at life forever altered. Although its legacy lies in tragedy, the voice of these brilliant poems cuts a broad swath of emotions: whether he is lamenting the potentiality of physical experience or imagining the electric temptations of sexuality, Guest offers us a worldview that is unshakable in its humanity. Zusammenfassung My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge is a fierce and original collection—its generosity of voice and emotional range announce the arrival of a major new poet. At the age of twelve! Paul Guest suffered a bicycle accident that left him paralyzed for life. But out of sudden disaster evolved a fierce poetic sensibility—one that blossomed into a refuge for all the grief! fury! and wonder at life forever altered. Although its legacy lies in tragedy! the voice of these brilliant poems cuts a broad swath of emotions: whether he is lamenting the potentiality of physical experience or imagining the electric temptations of sexuality! Guest offers us a worldview that is unshakable in its humanity. ...

Product details

• Authors: Paul Guest
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.04.2010
• EAN: 9780061685194
• ISBN: 978-0-06-168519-4
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 6 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Poetry, Caribbean islands, United States of America, USA, Literary essays, Anthologies: general, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Feminism and feminist theory, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Medieval style, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, POETRY: American / General, POETRY: Women Authors, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, POETRY: Caribbean & Latin American, POETRY: American / Asian American, POETRY: Haiku *, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Medieval, POETRY: American / Asian American & Pacific Islander, Poetry by form: Haiku