Wild in the Plaza of Memory
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Wings Press
Published:30th Apr '12
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Blending the personal with the political, these poems explore the deleterious effects of adversity and trauma on a global scale, focusing on such subjects as immigration laws, environmental degradation, multinational corporate greed, and the effects of war on women and children. The poet makes unexpected connections between disparate things, drawing from wild nature for imagery while also passionately engaging the reader to become aware of injustice and suffering at home and abroad. The poems are crafted using lyrical language that is at once precise, figurative, and celebratory, creating a collection that is humanitarian and emotionally resonate.
Accurately envisioned, strongly felt, intricately expressed, these poems establish Pam Uschuk as a powerful and essential author, one of the few able to confront the uninterrupted crisis of our era with tragic joy and an unshaken faith in the instrumental efficacy of art." —Alfred Corn, author, Contradictions
"These poems are matrices of earth creatures, winds, suns and the need to replace travesty with justice. Each is aflutter with bird song and skeleton dance. The book is a mountain climb to vision. We look out over the ruin, the celebration. Wild in the Plaza of Memory is Uschukss best collection thus far." —Joy Harjo, author, How We Became Human New and Selected Poems: 1975 - 2001
"Pamela Uschuk . . . is one of those poets who can literally write about anything and find a new twist. . . . Some of these works are intensely autobiographical, yes. But others are deeply philosophical. . . . In sum, Wild is a perfectly controlled work of art." —Tucson Weekly (June 28, 2012)
ISBN: 9780916727925
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 181g
112 pages