Ledge

English

ISBN: 0618050140

EAN: 9780618050147

Category: Poetry / General

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers

Release Date: 08/28/2011

Synopsis: A new collection of poetry by the director of the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, which celebrates its seventy-fifth anniversary in 2000. Dark splendor are the words Edward Hirsch uses to describe the poems of the award-winning author Michael Collier. Colliers new work balances on the ledge between the everyday and the unknown, revealing the hidden depths of relationships. The poems in THE LEDGE are narrative and colloquial, musical and crystalline, at once intimate and sharp-edged. They render the world beautifully mysterious as they slide into unexpected emotional territory. A son loses his fathers favorite hammer, and with it his trust. In The Wave, the enthusiastic crowd at a baseball game rises and sits in frightening unison, belying their hopeful cheering. In Fathom and League, a dive two miles deep in the Pacific reveals the submerged volcanoes of the ocean and the soul. In many of the poems, the familiar animal world - of dogs and sparrows and possums in the yard - transfigures the view through a window. As director of the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Collier has reinvigorated one of Americas most important literary institutions. The artistry and directness of THE LEDGE confirm his place among the most significant poets of his generation.

Awards: Los Angeles Times Book Prizes – null  Los Angeles Times Book Prizes – null 

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Ledge

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 0.75 inches

Width: 5.5 inches

Length: 8.25 inches

Weight: 8.64 oz

Pages: 80