Say something back : time lived, without its flow / Denise Riley ; afterword by Max Porter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Riley, Denise, 1948- author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

New York Review Books poets

New York Review books: poets

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parental grief--Poetry.

Parental grief.

Bereavement--Poetry.

Bereavement.

Children--Death.

Death--Poetry.

Death.

Children--Death--Poetry.

Children.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

143 pages ; 18 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : NYRB Poets, [2020]

Summary:

"A moving meditation on grief and motherhood by one of Britain's most celebrated poets. Say Something Back will allow readers to see just why Denise Riley has been held in such high regard by her fellow poets for so long. The book reproduces A Part Song, a profoundly moving document of grieving and loss, and one of the most widely admired long poems of recent years. Elsewhere these poems become a space for contemplation of the natural world and of physical law, and for considering what it is to invoke those who are absent. But finally, they extend our sense of what the act of human speech can mean--and especially what is drawn forth from us when we address our dead. Lyric, intimate, acidly witty, unflinchingly brave, Say Something Back--which also includes a powerful new prose meditation about grief and its aftermath, "Time Lived, Without Its Flow"--is a deeply moving book by one of our finest poets, and one destined to introduce Riley's name to a wide new readership"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781681373997

1681373998

OCLC:

1098222742