ISBN: 9780807121740

In The Fields of Praise, Marilyn Nelson claims as subjects the life of the spirit, the vicissitudes of love, and the African-American experience since slavery and arranges them as pebbles… Mehr…

In The Fields of Praise, Marilyn Nelson claims as subjects the life of the spirit, the vicissitudes of love, and the African-American experience since slavery and arranges them as pebbles marking our common journey toward a "monstrous love/that wants to make the world right". Nelson is a poet of stunning power, able to bring alive the most rarified and subtle of experiences. A slave destined to become a minister preaches sermons of heartrending eloquence and wisdom to a mule. An old woman scrubbing over a washtub receives a personal revelation of what Emancipation means: "So this is freedom: the peace of hours like these". Memories of the heroism of the Tuskegee Airmen in the face of aerial combat abroad and virulent racism at home bring a speaker to the sudden awareness of herself as the daughter "of a thousand proud fathers". Whether evoking spiritual longing or a return to the wedding at Cana, Nelson renders the interior landscape of all her speakers with absolute precision. This is a beautiful collection indeed, and readers will come away from The Fields of Praise with a reawakened appreciation for life's minor miracles, one of them being the power of the word. The Fields of Praise: New and Selected Poems Nelson, Marilyn, Louisiana State University Press<

ISBN: 9780807121740

In The Fields of Praise, Marilyn Nelson claims as subjects the life of the spirit, the vicissitudes of love, and the African-American experience since slavery and arranges them as pebbles… Mehr…

In The Fields of Praise, Marilyn Nelson claims as subjects the life of the spirit, the vicissitudes of love, and the African-American experience since slavery and arranges them as pebbles marking our common journey toward a "monstrous love/that wants to make the world right".Nelson is a poet of stunning power, able to bring alive the most rarified and subtle of experiences. A slave destined to become a minister preaches sermons of heartrending eloquence and wisdom to a mule. An old woman scrubbing over a washtub receives a personal revelation of what Emancipation means: "So this is freedom: the peace of hours like these". Memories of the heroism of the Tuskegee Airmen in the face of aerial combat abroad and virulent racism at home bring a speaker to the sudden awareness of herself as the daughter "of a thousand proud fathers".Whether evoking spiritual longing or a return to the wedding at Cana, Nelson renders the interior landscape of all her speakers with absolute precision. This is a beautiful collection indeed, and readers will come away from The Fields of Praise with a reawakened appreciation for life's minor miracles, one of them being the power of the word. Media > Book, [PU: Louisiana State University Press]<

1997, ISBN: 0807121746

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[EAN: 9780807121740], [SC: 22.77], [PU: Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1997. dj], POETRY, NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST, HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION - AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY N… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780807121740], [SC: 22.77], [PU: Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1997. dj], POETRY, NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST, HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION - AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY NOISBN, Jacket, Hardcover first edition - First printing. A substantial collection by this award-winning African American poet. Cover praise from Mark Doty, Miller Williams, Yusef Komunyadaa (who said 'Rooted in the basic soil of redemptive imagination, the voices in Nelson's poems seek a lyrical foothold in our daily lives. Her words teach us how to praise ourselves by praising each other.') and others. National Book Award Finalist sticker on front cover of dj. Notes on the poems, index. 209 pp. Fair condition only in a very good dust jacket (a tight copy, but some crinkling and dampstaining to the upper corner of the textblock.), Books<

ISBN: 9780807121740

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