A Wild Surmise: New & Selected Poems & Recordings
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (979 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1597097594 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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'Escucha, Mi VidaListen, My life' Luz This latest book of poetry, by this marvelous poeta, spans from 1976 to the presentso truly, 'Listen, My Life.' This poetry ranges from her life in Los Angeleslife on the streets, the young Chicanos in 'Toltecs,' to the Goddess Artemis, to 'Changing the Oil' (of her car, YES), to her time/classes in Women's Studies ("because in that bloody expulsion from the womb,/ at the moment you leapt into life,/. A. Brink said Wonderful poet . This book has some new favorites and uses new technology too!. You don't have to be a lesbian to be a poet laureate but it clearly wouldn't hurt.The author was recently named the first poet laureate of Los Angeles.Klein Healy is the first poet I have ever seen who is using the new technology of QR bar codes. She has them at the top of certain poems in this new book. You just scan them with any smart phone (using a scanner app).The app I use is simply called, "Sc
Healy's work is immediately recognizable as poetry written by a woman under the influence of feminism, freeway traffic, wilderness (especially in the city), and a uniquely tuned sense of craft. Her work travels easily across time zones, mythologies, the politics of love, and the inevitable loss of family and friends. Like life, poetry to her is "a wild surmise"never totally translatable, but always worth the attempt.. Included are poems from all her previous collections, including her award-winning first collection, Building Some Changes, as well as Artemis In Echo Park and The Islands Project: Poems For Sappho. But Healy's poetry is not without humor, nor does it shy away from such topics as baseball and the companionship of canines. A Wild Surmise: New & Selected Poems & Recordings is Eloise Klein Healy's seventh book of poetry and the first that includes an audio component. She searches for a lesbian tradition in literature, lamenting t
A Wild Surmise touches on so many things with such clarity and precision it’s like having a handbook to guide us through the world.”—Natasha Trethewey. “What a delight it is to have gathered here these poems from previous collections—as well as new poems—from a poet I have admired for years. Eloise Klein Healy’s straightforward and wry wit underscores her wisdom and the peacefulness that comes from a deeply humane emotional and intellectual knowledge