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What the Earth Seemed to Say New & Selected Poems

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Publisher's Synopsis

What the Earth Seemed to Say is a powerful collection of more than three decades of profound, luminous poetry from one of America's most daring and courageous poets.

With its 'radical simplicity and seriousness of purpose, along with a fearless interest in autobiography and its tragedies and redemptions' (Matthew Zapruder, New York Times Magazine), Marie Howe's poetry transforms penetrating observations of everyday life into sacred, humane miracles. This essential volume draws from each of her four previous collections - including Magdalene (2017), a spiritual and sensual exploration of contemporary womanhood, and What the Living Do (1997), a haunting archive of personal loss - and contains more than fifteen new poems. Whether speaking in the voice of the goddess Persephone or thinking about ageing while walking the dog, Howe is 'a light-bearer, an extraordinary poet of our human sorrow and ordinary joy' (Dorianne Laux).

About the Publisher

Bloodaxe Books

BLOODAXE BOOKS: Making as wide a selection of poetry available to as wide a readership as possible. Bloodaxe has been a pioneering publisher of poetry in translation, building its reputation on publishing numerous new poets alongside some of the most important figures in modern poetry. Bloodaxe Books is Britain's premier publisher of contemporary poetry, with an international reputation for quality in literature and excellence in book design. Founded in Newcastle in 1978, Bloodaxe is based in Northumberland's Tarset valley, with a sales office in Bala in North Wales.

Book information

ISBN: 9781780377247
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Imprint: Bloodaxe Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 813.6
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Sales rank: 38840
Number of pages: 160
Weight: 344g
Height: 156mm
Width: 230mm
Spine width: 17mm