Hold Like Owls Contributor(s): Koets, Julia (Author), Finney, Nikky (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1611170842 ISBN-13: 9781611170849 Publisher: University of South Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $16.14 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Women Authors |
Dewey: 811.6 |
LCCN: 2011052080 |
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (0.25 lbs) 80 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Selected by 2011 National Book Award winner Nikky Finney as the seventh annual winner of the South Carolina Poetry Book Prize, Hold Like Owls is the first book-length collection from Julia Koets. Full of imagery deeply embedded in memories of growing up in the American South, Koets explores what it means to hold--to carry memories--and what to hold onto and what to let go. Birds turn into paper, a voice fits inside a chestnut shell, and moths eat stars through a woolen sky as the collection evokes nuance within the ordinary, reframes childhood memory, and engages the themes of the night, sensuality, and desire. Whether questioning personal histories, language, sexual identity, or love, the collection honors the gentle corners of the night that allow for questioning and uncertainty to exist. |