How do we come to terms with loss? How do we find love after
tragedy? How can art and language help us to cope with life, and
honor the dead? How does one act responsibly in a world that is
both beautiful, full of suffering, and balanced precariously on the
edge of despair and ruin? With humor, anger and great tenderness,
Richard Michelson’s poems explore the boundaries between the
personal and the political, and the connections between history and
memory. Growing up under the shadow of the Holocaust, in a Brooklyn
neighborhood consumed with racial strife, Michelson’s experiences
were far from ordinary, yet they remain too much a part of the
greater circle of poverty and violence to be dismissed as merely
private concerns, safely past. It is Michelson’s sense of humor
and acute awareness of Jewish history, with its ancient emphasis on
the fundamental worth of human existence that makes this accessible
book, finally, celebratory and life-affirming.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Pittsburgh Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Pitt Poetry Series |
| Release date: |
February 2015 |
| Authors: |
Richard Michelson
|
| Dimensions: |
230 x 154 x 5mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
80 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8229-6333-2 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-8229-6333-7 |
| Barcode: |
9780822963332 |
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