Understanding Jorie Graham /

"The first comprehensive study of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jorie Graham. Since her first book appeared in 1980, Jorie Graham has challenged readers with her bold, innovative, and capacious poetry. In the collections that followed, she expanded the scope of the lyric form through her maximali...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Boone, N. S. (Nick S.) (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [2025]
Series:	Understanding contemporary American literature.
Subjects:	Graham, Jorie, > 1950- > Criticism and interpretation. American poetry > 20th century > History and criticism. American poetry > 21st century > History and criticism. American poetry > Women authors > History and criticism. Women poets, American. Poésie américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique. LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures.

Table of Contents:

An introduction to Jorie Graham
Early work : Hybrids of plants and ghosts, Erosion
The trilogy : The end of beauty, Region of unlikeness, Materialism
Transitions : The errancy, Swarm, Never
New moorings : Overlord, Sea change, Place
Pushing through apocalypse : Fast, Runaway, to 2040.