44 Poems for You Contributor(s): Ruhl, Sarah (Author) |
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ISBN: 1556595840 ISBN-13: 9781556595844 Publisher: Copper Canyon Press OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Women Authors - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Death, Grief, Loss - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Family |
Dewey: 811.6 |
LCCN: 2019019608 |
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.35 lbs) 80 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Death/Dying - Topical - Family |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Playwright Sarah Ruhl's first book of poetry, 44 Poems for You, offers poems that form a subtle, personal meditation on family, motherhood, and loss. With a finely tuned ear for language, Ruhl's poetry sings with a humbling honesty about what it means to share our lives with others and with those who form our hollows: a miscarriage, a close friend lost to cancer, and the sublimity of nature. She delves into womanhood through the physical reality of the everyday, and shows us life through her hands--making terrariums or jam with her husband, holding a child, grasping the counter as she bleeds. Succinct and contemplative, generous and wise, Sarah Ruhl--one of the greatest contemporary playwrights working today--addresses these poems to you. |