Bestiary: Poems Contributor(s): Kelly, Donika (Author) |
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ISBN: 1555977588 ISBN-13: 9781555977580 Publisher: Graywolf Press OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Women Authors - Poetry | American - General |
Dewey: 811.6 |
LCCN: 2016931145 |
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.8" W x 8.8" (0.30 lbs) 80 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Donika Kelly's fierce debut collection, longlisted for the 2016 National Book Award and winner of the 2015 Cave Canem Poetry Prize --from "Love Poem: Chimera" Across this remarkable first book are encounters with animals, legendary beasts, and mythological monsters--half human and half something else. Donika Kelly's Bestiary is a catalogue of creatures--from the whale and ostrich to the pegasus and chimera to the centaur and griffin. Among them too are poems of love, self-discovery, and travel, from "Out West" to "Back East." Lurking in the middle of this powerful and multifaceted collection is a wrenching sequence that wonders just who or what is the real monster inside this life of survival and reflection. Selected and with an introduction by the National Book Award winner Nikky Finney, Bestiary questions what makes us human, what makes us whole. |