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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.
