Power Made Us Swoon
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.83 (981 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1597099910 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 80 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
What histories can be summoned with poetry? What are the forces shaping an American life in the 21st century? Car accidents, patriarchy, and television fall under this poet?s gaze, along with the intergenerational reverberations of historical trauma. As with The Palace of Contemplating Departure, Saito's first award-winning collection, Power Made Us Swoon strives for wonder and speaks--in edgy and vulnerable tones--of the fraught journey toward a more just world. "Learn to lie to survive," sings the woman warrior, "Learn to outlast the flame / learn the art of surprise.". Guided by the character of the Woman Warriorwitty, swift, and ruthless in her wonderreaders of Brynn Saito's second collection of poetry travel the terrain of personal and historical memory: narrative poems about family, farming towns, and the bravery of girlhood are interspersed with lyric poetry written from the voice of a stone f
Us Swoon is a shattering collection of poetry—and I love it! I received a complimentary e-copy from the Power Made Us Swoon is a shattering collection of poetry—and I love it! I received a complimentary e-copy from the publisher Red Hen Press and was asked to provide an honest review. This is my first encounter with Brynn Saito, but I can say now that it won’t be my last.This book is truly an engaging experience. Each poem peels open the author and allows us to wander around inside, guided by the “Woman Warrior” of the narrative. We’re given dark details of the past and the scars that remained alongside the poet. Power Made Us Swoon is ruthless. It is raw. Saito builds ghosts with each page, and the audie
Wouldn’t it be amazing to write like this.”—Judy Grahn “Between worlds do it sometimes seem move the forces of an inconnotable world and so Brynn Saito’s poems engage them on a level of narrative and lyric that be sometimes sorcerous, sometimes medicinal. Hers is a view from outside witnessing human experience—of nature itself watching. Her own are brave—sure, you can expect that much—but they are also beautiful. The questions this book asks of its mythological and actual heroes are questions