The King: Poems by Rebecca Wolff (English) Paperback Book

Description: The King by Rebecca Wolff "Wolff keeps company with Sylvia Plath, Sharon Olds, and Beth Ann Fennelly."—Publishers Weekly, starred review FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A bold, lyrical invention by an award-winning poet whose "gift for the gorgeous" won praise from Robert Pinsky. The King is a groundbreaking collection following a Self—a mother, lover, wife, thinker—in her fractured approach to the absolutes of pregnancy, postpartum depression, childrearing, belief, love, and epistemology. Here is a potent exploration of one womans coming together with the Other—her hard-won attachment to "the King."from "Deeply Psychological"And then I surfaceda whole matrixor rubricmagical thinkingother kinds of thinkingbut in layers, you understand,with supremacya honeycomb. Author Biography Rebecca Wolff is the editor of Fence and the author of Manderley, Figment and Continuum. She lives in Athens, New York, with her family and is a Fellow of the New York State Writers Institute. Review "Rebecca Wolffs poems about motherhood in The King are ironic and dark, slippery and exploratory, loving but not blindingly so... [They] are stylistic and tonal shapeshifters. Hip, contemplative, and dark and resistant to the hunky-dory, the New Agey, and the prescriptive, theyre unnerving, funny, and occasionally subversive." -- Bookforum Review Text Rebecca Wolffs poems about motherhood in The King are ironic and dark, slippery and exploratory, loving but not blindingly so. . . . [They] are stylistic and tonal shapeshifters. Hip, contemplative, and dark and resistant to the hunky-dory, the New Agey, and the prescriptive, theyre unnerving, funny, and occasionally subversive. Review Quote "Rebecca Wolffs poems about motherhood in The King are ironic and dark, slippery and exploratory, loving but not blindingly so. . . . [They] are stylistic and tonal shapeshifters. Hip, contemplative, and dark and resistant to the hunky-dory, the New Agey, and the prescriptive, theyre unnerving, funny, and occasionally subversive." Details ISBN0393338908 Author Rebecca Wolff Short Title KING Language English ISBN-10 0393338908 ISBN-13 9780393338904 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 811.6 Imprint WW Norton & Co Subtitle Poems Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Birth 1967 Edition 1st Replaces 9780393069327 Illustrations black & white illustrations Year 2011 Publication Date 2011-01-28 AU Release Date 2011-01-28 NZ Release Date 2011-01-28 US Release Date 2011-01-28 UK Release Date 2011-01-28 Pages 128 Publisher WW Norton & Co Alternative 9780393069327 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:131849841;

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