A Howling by Susan Blair weaves together poems about natural phenomena-squirrels, frogs, deer, mud-skippers, assassin bugs, etc.-with those about grief, family dysfunction, and remorse. These poems have a candid directness, an unabashed and unadorned honesty. The grief poems are enacted with a sure empathy and precision, making them both poignant and moving. The nature poems prove how porous and entwined our interactions with the natural world are. Blair tells her truths with a stark clarity whose aim isn't self-embellishment, but truthfulness in all its muddy, squishy complexity. (from a blurb by Joseph Powell)
- | Author: Susan F. Blair
- | Publisher: Press 53
- | Publication Date: Oct 03, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 86 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1950413683
- | ISBN-13: 9781950413683
- Author:
- Susan F. Blair
- Publisher:
- Press 53
- Publication Date:
- Oct 03, 2023
- Number of pages:
- 86 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1950413683
- ISBN-13:
- 9781950413683