| No Need of Sympathy Contributor(s): Brown, Fleda (Author) |
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ISBN: 1938160185 ISBN-13: 9781938160189 Publisher: BOA Editions OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Philosophy | Religious - Religion | Islam - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2013013076 |
| Series: American Poets Continuum |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6" W x 9" (0.20 lbs) 88 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Any one poem in Fleda Brown's eighth collection may touch on contemporary science, physics, family, politics, the nature of poetry, and the nature of reality. There are sonnets for all ten grandchildren written by a grandmother, poems about the Big Bang, about child labor, the moon over Paris, and tent caterpillars, all written with humility, humor, curiosity, and a deep love of life. The dead seem like holes in the universe, Fleda Brown's awards include the Felix Pollak Prize, the Philip Levine Prize, and the Great Lakes Colleges New Writers Award. |