| Curves to the Apple: The Reproduction of Profiles, Lawn of Excluded Middle, Reluctant Gravities Contributor(s): Waldrop, Rosmarie (Author) |
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ISBN: 081121673X ISBN-13: 9780811216739 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2006 Annotation: Three pivotal works conceived by the avant-garde poet as a trilogy and now together in one volume at last. Rosmarie Waldrop's "Curves to the Apple" brings together three highly praised and influential titles: "The Reproduction of Profiles, Lawn of Excluded Middle," and "Reluctant Gravities," Though originally published separately, these prose poems have always been intended as a loose trilogy of thought and feeling--or of thought manifested as feeling. The author comments: "Just as the title "Curves to the Apple" combines the organic and geometry (not to mention myth and history of science) the poems navigate the conflicting, but inextricable claims of body and mind, especially the female body and feelings in a space of logic and physics. The poems could all be called dialogic, reaching out across a synaptic (sometimes humorous) gap to a possible 'you' (though it may be rhetorical, another point of view in the same mind). But while the 'I' dominates the first two volumes, the third gives both voices equal space and chance." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - General - Poetry | Women Authors |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2006019328 |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6.1" W x 9.04" (0.65 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Rosmarie Waldrop's Curves to the Apple brings together three highly praised and influential titles: The Reproduction of Profiles, Lawn of Excluded Middle, and Reluctant Gravities. Though originally published separately, these prose poems have always been intended as a loose trilogy of thought and feelingor of thought manifested as feeling. The author comments: Just as the title Curves to the Apple combines the organic and geometry (not to mention myth and history of science) the poems navigate the conflicting, but inextricable claims of body and mind, especially the female body and feelings in a space of logic and physics. The poems could all be called dialogic, reaching out across a synaptic (sometimes humorous) gap to a possible 'you' (though it may be rhetorical, another point of view in the same mind). But while the 'I' dominates the first two volumes, the third gives both voices equal space and chance. |
Contributor Bio(s): Waldrop, Rosmarie: - Rosmarie Waldrop was born in Germany and has lived in the United States since 1958. The author and translator of dozens of books of poetry, fiction, and criticism, she is the co-founder and co- publisher of Burning Deck Press. Waldrop's many honors include being named a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, fellowships from the NEA, the Fund for Poetry, and the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers' Award. In 2006 she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. |