Bonfire Opera: Poems by Danusha Lameris (English) Paperback Book

Description: Bonfire Opera by Danusha Lameris Poems In Praise of the Impossible, Wild World and Its Beauty FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Sometimes the most compelling landscapes are the ones where worlds collide: where a desert meets the sea, a civilization, no-mans land. Here in Bonfire Opera, grief and Eros grapple in the same domain. A bullet-hole through the heart, a house full of ripe persimmons, a ghost in a garden. Coyotes cry out on the hill, and lovers find themselves kissing, "bee-stung, drunk" in the middle of road. Here, the dust is holy, as is the dark, unknown. These are poems that praise the impossible, wild world, finding beauty in its wake. Author Biography Danusha Laméris is the author of The Moons of August, selected by Naomi Shihab Nye as the winner of the Autumn House Press poetry prize and was a finalist for the Milt Kessler Book Award. Some of her poems have been published in: The Best American Poetry,The New York Times,TheAmerican Poetry Review, Tin House, The Gettysburg Review, and Ploughshares. She teaches poetry independently, and is the current Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County, California. Review "Bonfire Opera, Danusha Lameris ravishing second collection of poems, lives up to its title and then some. In melodic and sumptuous lines, she considers desire, sorrow, beauty and death. This is a collection you will want to keep close, a reminder to begin, again, by listening carefully with the bodys rapt attention."- Ellen Bass "No experience is more fulfilling than reading the work of a writer who is a master of her craft—of feeling like the book you are immersed in is an entire world. This is what it is like reading Danusha LamÉris Bonfire Opera. Everything is alive in these poems, even loss. Even death. In these finely crafted lyrics, worms, berries, skin, hawks, dirt and desire exist and even thrive in a symbiotic relationship that is a model for a new way of thinking. If a book can be smart and funny and dark and wise and vulnerable and beautiful all at the same time, this one is. In one of her best poems, LamÉris writes, This is what Ive made here, a garden, a feast. Thats for sure. Bonfire Opera is a feast youll want to devour and a garden that will never stop yielding."- Dean Rader, University of San Francisco "The poems in Bonfire Opera frame a vibrant folk opera. Each offers part of an unfinished story, a balance of music and imagery. The storyteller is both an observer and participant, unraveling the story with the thread of what remains unspoken. In this outstanding series of poems, there is something waiting to be said, something to be revealed, as each poem draws us onward like a bird trying to escape… throwing itself, again and again, against the stained glass. The bird and the ghost child call out to each of us to begin again."- Colleen J. McElroy Review Quote "The poems in Bonfire Opera frame a vibrant folk opera. Each offers part of an unfinished story, a balance of music and imagery. The storyteller is both an observer and participant, unraveling the story with the thread of what remains unspoken. In this outstanding series of poems, there is something waiting to be said, something to be revealed, as each poem draws us onward like a bird trying to escape... throwing itself, again and again, against the stained glass. The bird and the ghost child call out to each of us to begin again." --Colleen J. McElroy Feature Poems in praise of the impossible, wild world and its beauty Details ISBN0822966050 Author Danusha Lameris Series Pitt Poetry Series Year 2020 ISBN-10 0822966050 ISBN-13 9780822966050 Short Title Bonfire Opera Language English Format Paperback Subtitle Poems Publication Date 2020-02-25 UK Release Date 2020-02-25 Imprint University of Pittsburgh Press Place of Publication Pittsburgh PA Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2020-02-25 NZ Release Date 2020-02-25 US Release Date 2020-02-25 Pages 62 Publisher University of Pittsburgh Press DEWEY 811.6 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:126916028;

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