Zorba's daughter : poems / by Elisabeth Murawski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murawski, Elisabeth, 1936-

Series:

May Swenson Poetry Award series

May Swenson Poetry Award series ; v. 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry.

Aesthetics.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xiii, 93 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, [2010]

Summary:

In "Zorba's Daughter," the 14th volume in the Swenson Poetry Award series, Elisabeth Murawski speaks from a vital and unique sensibility, finding in ordinary images an opening to the passion of human courage in the face of deep existential pain and ambivalence. These poems awaken our joy as well as guilt, our hope as well as grief. They often evoke a sorrowful music, like the voice of mourning, but even in pointing to "the black holes of heaven," Murawski turns our gaze upward. "Zorba's Daughter" was selected for the Swenson Award by the distinguished poet Grace Schulman. An icon of the literary scene, Schulman is acclaimed for her searching, highly original, lyric poetry, as well as for her teaching and her influential tenure as the poetry editor at The Nation, (1971-2006). Harold Bloom calls her "one of the permanent poets of her generation." Richard Howard says, "she is a torch."

ISBN:

9780874217957

0874217954

9780874217964

0874217962

9780874217971

0874217970

OCLC:

562772736