On the Desire to Levitate - Poems (Paperback)

On the Desire to Levitate is the first collection of poems by Alison Powell. This striking collection includes vivid, unflinching meditations on aging, mythology, poetry, and family. In tight, elegant lines that alternate between homage and elegy, these poems explore known subjects with a rebellious eye: a defeated Hercules and a bitter Eurydice, a sympathetic Lucifer, and generations of adolescent girls as mythical adventurers moving within a beloved but confining Midwest. Yet in Powell's skillful hands, hardship never overtakes: as judge Charles Hood writes, There's often a delicious humor in this work, and always a deep and lasting integrity. Winner of the 2013 Hollis Summers Poetry Prize

General

Imprint:	Ohio University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Hollis Summers Poetry Prize
Release date:	March 2014
First published:	2014
Authors:	Alison Powell
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	64
ISBN-13:	978-0-8214-2098-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General
LSN:	0-8214-2098-4
Barcode:	9780821420980

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