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Swarm

By Jorie Graham

Book information

Publisher
Ecco
Year
2000
ISBN
006093509X, 9780060935092
Open Library ID
OL7285243M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10695175 bytes)
Pages
132\62
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

T S. Eliot, Elizabeth Bishop, John Ashbery -- and Jorie Graham. The New Yorker places Ms. Graham in this distinguished line of poets, heralding the Pulitzer Prize winner as a profound voice in American poetry. Now, in her eighth collection, she further enhances her reputation with a book-length sequence of verse that is a stunning work of grandeur.The New Republic writes, "for 'swarm,' in other words...read 'be born again.' Graham is writing about a spiritual turning point, a new beginning.... Beauty -- that is, the pure sense-perception which has long been a concern for Graham -- is no longer the most important criterion. Now goodness is...[and] the idea of submission, of obedience, without understanding: one must 'yield' before 'hearing the reason' for yielding."

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