The Collected Poems of Ai
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (500 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393074900 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 464 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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"I was introduced to Ai's work 20 years ago in" according to A. Park. I was introduced to Ai's work 20 years ago in a writing workshop. I have some of her other books which are included in this volume and refer to them frequently when I need some inspiration or find I'm struggling for a different way of looking at things when I write both poetry and prose fiction. I find her work to be very readable and yet very inte. Explosive and historical in structure and content Exquisite narrative that informs the understanding of the poet herself and of her view of culture and history in a contemporary sense.. "Buy Ai Now" according to AfroDamus Jonze. This book of poetry is absolutely great from start to finish. It is definitely one to have in your collection.
Ai (1947-2010) is the author of eight books of poetry, including the National Book Award–winning Vice. She was a professor at Oklahoma State University. In 2009 she was named a United States Artist Ford Fellow.
Angry, wistful men. In his penetrating introduction, Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa writes of the supreme candor and honed toughness that approach transcendence in Ai’s poems, which, for all their brutal intimacy, span American history, concentrating its conflagrations like sunlight through a magnifying glass, igniting the page. From Booklist Ai speaks in many voices,making of each poem a dramatic monologue of shocking disclosure. Earthy, furious women. --Donna Seaman . The poor, the abused, the displaced, the endangered, the dangerous, the depraved, the compassionate. Her first book was published in 1973, and the titles of the eight collections gathered here in a raucous, confessional,
“Ai is a truthteller picking her way through the burning rocks of racial and sexual lies.”Joy Harjo Before her untimely death in 2010, Ai, known for her searing dramatic monologues, was hailed as “one of the most singular voices of her generation” (New York Times Book Review). Now for the first time, all eight books by this essential and uniquely American poet have been gathered in one volume.from “The Cockfighter’s Daughter” I found my father, face down, in his homemade chili and had to hit the bowl with a hammer to get it off, then scrape the pinto beans and chunks of ground beef off his face with a knife.