The light that puts an end to dreams : new & selected poems / by Susan Sherman ; featuring a suite of poems for Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz ; photographs by Josephine Sacabo ; introduction by Margaret Randall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sherman, Susan, 1939-

Contributor:

Sacabo, Josephine.

Randall, Margaret, 1936-

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry.

Sherman, Susan, 1939-.

Sherman, Susan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Antonio, TX : Wings Press ; [Chicago, IL] : Distributed to the trade by Independent Publishers Group, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An autobiography told in poems, this selection of work spans more than 40 years, beginning with the avant-garde arts movement and political activism of the 1960's. A mixture of intense political poems, intimate love poems, and provocative reflections, it traces the journey of a woman intimately involved with many significant events of the 20th century-the antiwar, feminist, and gay liberation movements, including time spent in Chile, Nicaragua, Cuba, and Barcelona. Accompanied by exquisite photographs, this collection culminates with a suite of...

Contents:

Front Cover; About the Author; Title Page; Copyright Page; Epigraph; Contents; Introduction, by Margaret Randall ; Genesis; A Poem That Starts in Winter ; Definitions ; There Was a Woman Once ; How a Face Changes ; Duration ; The Real Questions ; Red ; Genesis ; Areas of Silence; What I Want ; First & Last Poems ; The Meeting ; A Poem ; A Quiet Poem ; A Picture Perfect Day ; Love Poem for a Capricorn ; There Is Something Called Longing ; A Fare/Well Present ; Areas of Silence ; The Fourth Wall; Here's a Poem ; Reminiscences ; The Fourth Wall ; Lilith of the Wildwood, of the Fair Places

A Word to the Wise Casualties of War ; It Was Easier Then ; Facts ; Letter from Havana ; Long Division; Migration ; Sixth Street Rhapsody ; Long Division ; Second Thoughts ; The Plants ; Awakening ; It Is Raining ; Holding Together ; Morning Poem ; Love Poem ; Cantos for Elegua; Cantos for Elegua ; Incantation ; Return ; Opening Stanzas ; Testament ; From Nicaragua a Gift ; Elegy ; Words ; Barcelona Journal ; Ten Years After ; The Light that Puts an End to Dreams; A Suite of Poems for Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 119 With photographs by Joséphine Sacabo; Notes on text and photographs

Acknowledgments Biographical Notes ; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-60940-224-3

OCLC:

851316274