Diane Frank presents in Swan Light a finely wrought choreography of
poetry that intersects with the music of language and the spirit of
dance. These poems of love returning to love, and light returning
to light, are a heart gone supernova. Page by page Frank burns a
path to her readers' hearts. The alignments are profound, the
connections electric from heart to bone, from marrow to star. These
are radiant poems, where we earthbound creatures may find
simultaneous escape and renewal. Diane Frank is an award-winning
poet and author of six books of poems, including Swan Light,
Entering the Word Temple and The Winter Life of Shooting Stars. Her
friends describe her as a harem of seven women in one very small
body. She lives in San Francisco, where she dances, plays cello,
and creates her life as an art form. Diane teaches at San Francisco
State University and Dominican University. She leads workshops for
young writers as a Poet in the School and directs the Blue Light
Press On-line Poetry Workshop. She is also a documentary
scriptwriter with expertise in Eastern and sacred art. Blackberries
in the Dream House, her first novel, won the Chelson Award for
Fiction and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Yoga of the
Impossible, her new novel, will be published soon. To schedule
readings, book signings and workshops, and to invite her to speak
to your book club, contact: E-mail:
[email protected] Website:
www.dianefrank.net BOOKS BY DIANE FRANK Yoga of the Impossible Swan
Light Blackberries in the Dream House Entering the Word Temple The
Winter Life of Shooting Stars The All Night Yemenite Cafe
Rhododendron Shedding Its Skin Isis: Poems by Diane Frank "These
poems of love returning to love, and light returning to light, are
a heart gone supernova. Page by page, Frank burns a path to her
readers' hearts. The alignments are profound, the connections
electric - from heart to bone, from marrow to star. These are
radiant poems, where we earthbound creatures may find simultaneous
escape and renewal." -George Wallace, Walt Whitman Birthplace
Writer in Residence "There may be those who think of poetry as
optional, but Diane Frank's Swan Light does not support that
thinking, since it addresses a hunger you didn't know you had,
first with trace nutrients of the soul, and as you progress, with
the solid food of organic experience. Read, savour and be
nourished." -Paul Stokstad, Author of Butterfly Tattoo "In Swan
Light Diane Frank has written an irrepressible and epic love story:
a love story for lover, artist, parent, child, earth, heaven,
spirit, body, and music; a love story for what we are forced to
leave behind, and for what we are lucky enough to keep; a love
story whose thread is the music of love found in the many
narratives and lyrics we live while walking, writing, running,
dancing, painting, and praying. This is Diane Frank's most
ambitious body of poetry to date, and I say "body" because the word
"collection" is so inaccurate. This book is a whole, breathing the
same breath as the author, and singing a meaning threaded with
intricate images and motifs." -Rustin Larson, author of Crazy Star
and The Wine-Dark House "Diane Frank presents in Swan Light a
finely wrought choreography of poetry that intersects with the
music of language and the spirit of dance. In these poems are whole
constellations of imagery, a resplendent aurora of words showering
down to light up the geography of the page. If poetry should not
mean but be, as MacLeish proclaimed, then these poems by Diane
Frank truly are." -Andrena Zawinski, author of Something About, PEN
Oakland Award "Here is a book to treasure, to take down frequently
for no particular reason, a book to help us remember why we took to
poetry in the first place." -Daniel J. Langton, Creative Writing
Program, San Francisco State University
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(1)
(1)
