Diane Raptosh

Broschiertes Buch

I Eric America

Beschreibung

"Raptosh's collection of sonnets combines elements of family trauma (her brother Eric's survival of a plane crash and subsequent paraplegia) with disturbances on the national stage. Equal parts origin story, myth, and song, the book unfolds from the premise that "America is the nation-expression of / a severely traumatized person"--

Autor

Diane Raptosh's fourth book of poetry, American Amnesiac (Etruscan Press), was longlisted for the 2013 National Book Award and was a finalist for the Housatonic Book Award. The recipient of three fellowships in literature from the Idaho Commission on the Arts, she served as the Boise Poet Laureate (2013) as well as the Idaho Writer-in-Residence (2013-2016). In 2018 she won the Idaho Governor's Arts Award in Excellence. A highly active ambassador for poetry, she has given poetry workshops everywhere from riverbanks to maximum security prisons. She teaches literature and creative writing and co-directs the program in Criminal Justice/Prison Studies at the College of Idaho.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: MLM
• Seitenzahl: 84
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 132g
• ISBN-13: 9798988198550
• Artikelnr.: 70108328