Your native land, your life : poems /
The poet writes, "In these poems I have been trying to speak from, and of, and to, my country. To speak a different claim from those staked by the patriots of the sword; to speak of the land itself, the cities, and of the imaginations that have dwelt here, at risk, unfree, assaulted, erased. I...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Company,
[1986]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | The poet writes, "In these poems I have been trying to speak from, and of, and to, my country. To speak a different claim from those staked by the patriots of the sword; to speak of the land itself, the cities, and of the imaginations that have dwelt here, at risk, unfree, assaulted, erased. I believe more than ever that the search for justice and compassion is the great wellspring for poetry in our time, throughout the world, though the theme of despair has been canonized in this century. I draw strength from the traditions of all those who, with every reason to despair, have refused to do so."--Back cover |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Arden Eversmeyer Collection. |
| Physical Description: | viii, 113 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 113). |
| ISBN: | 0393023184 9780393023183 039330325X 9780393303254 0393310825 9780393310825 |