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The Book of Lamenting (Paperback)

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Poetry. California Studies. Winner of the 2010 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry. "Lory Bedikian's THE BOOK OF LAMENTING begins within a foundation of lyricism: 'On the back of every tongue in my family / there is a dove that lives and dies.' Bedikian recognizes the genuine world of the imagination, one we inhabit but often lose sight of a world with 'floating hieroglyphics of flame, ' where sometimes one must ' e]mpty your pockets / of the noise you carry' and 'count olives / in place of coins.' Wisdom rises up through the losses in Bedikian's poetry. One poem begins: 'The year 1997 rose like a spiral staircase / into a ceiling of darkness.' THE BOOK OF LAMENTING ascends into the darkness in a similar way bringing us gifts of light and memory, so that the small doves at the back of every tongue might sing." Brian Turner.


Product Details
ISBN: 9781934695265
ISBN-10: 1934695262
Publisher: Anhinga Press
Publication Date: November 1st, 2011
Pages: 64
Language: English