| The Broken String Contributor(s): Schulman, Grace (Author) |
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ISBN: 0547085982 ISBN-13: 9780547085982 Publisher: Ecco Press OUR PRICE: $15.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: One of the finest poets writing today, Grace Schulman finds order in art and nature that enables her to stand fast in a threatened world. The title refers to Itzhak Perlman's performance of a concerto despite a missing string, which inspires a celebration of life and all its limitations. For her, song imparts endurance: Thelonious Monk evokes Creation when he snaps his fingers; John Coltrane's improvisations embody her own heart's desire to "get it right on the first take"; the wind plays a harpshaped oak; and her immigrant ancestors remember their past by singing prayers on a ship bound for New York. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - Asian American - Poetry | Caribbean & Latin American |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| Physical Information: 0.28" H x 6.56" W x 8.24" (0.29 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New York |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of the finest poets writing today, Grace Schulman finds order in art and nature that enables her to stand fast in a threatened world. The title refers to Itzhak Perlman's performance of a violin concerto with a snapped string, which inspires a celebration of life despite limitations. For her, song imparts endurance: Thelonious Monk evokes Creation; John Coltrane's improvisations embody her own heart's desire to "get it right on the first take"; the wind plays a harp-shaped oak; and her immigrant ancestors remember their past by singing prayers on a ship bound for New York. In the words of Wallace Shawn, "When I read her, she makes me want to live to be four hundred years old, because she makes me feel that there is so much out there, and it's unbearable to miss any of it." |
Contributor Bio(s): Schulman, Grace: - GRACE SCHULMAN is the author many acclaimed books of poetry, including Days of Wonder: New and Selected Poems, a Library Journal Best Book of the Year. For her poetry she has received a Guggenheim fellowship, the Aiken-Taylor Award, the Delmore Schwartz Memorial Award, New York University's Distinguished Alumni Award, and three Pushcart prizes. Schulman is a distinguished professor of English at Baruch College, CUNY. She is a former director of the Poetry Center (1978-1984) and a former poetry editor of The Nation (1971-2006). |