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The Infinitesimals / Laura Kasischke.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Port Townsend, Washington : Copper Canyon Press, [2014]Description: xi, 121 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1556594666 (paperback)
  • 9781556594663 (paperback)
Uniform titles:
  • Poems. Selections
Subject(s):
Contents:
Contents -- Outside Are the Dogs and the Sorcerers -- At the End of the Text, a Small Bestial Form -- That Men Should Kill One Another -- A Dog, About to Pounce, Looks Back -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author
Summary: The Infinitesimals stares directly at illness and death, employing the same highly evocative and symbolic style that earned Laura Kasischke the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry. Drawing upon her own experiences with cancer, and the lives and deaths of loved ones, Kasischke's new work commands a lyrical and dark intensity. Laura Kasischke is the author of eight collections of poetry and seven novels. She teaches at the University of Michigan and lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan."-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 811.6 K19 Available 33111007611631
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Kasischke's poems are powered by a skillful use of imagery and the subtle, ingenious way she turns a phrase."-- Austin American-Statesman

The Infinitesimals stares directly at illness and death, employing the same highly evocative and symbolic style that earned Laura Kasischke the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry. Drawing upon her own experiences with cancer, and the lives and deaths of loved ones, Kasischke's new work commands a lyrical and dark intensity.

Laura Kasischke is the author of eight collections of poetry and seven novels. She teaches at the University of Michigan and lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents -- Outside Are the Dogs and the Sorcerers -- At the End of the Text, a Small Bestial Form -- That Men Should Kill One Another -- A Dog, About to Pounce, Looks Back -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author

The Infinitesimals stares directly at illness and death, employing the same highly evocative and symbolic style that earned Laura Kasischke the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry. Drawing upon her own experiences with cancer, and the lives and deaths of loved ones, Kasischke's new work commands a lyrical and dark intensity. Laura Kasischke is the author of eight collections of poetry and seven novels. She teaches at the University of Michigan and lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan."-- Provided by publisher.

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