Publication

2001 - Grove Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

25,500 words, Guess

Page Count

102 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10080213792X
  • ISBN-139780802137920
  • Goodreads270905
  • Library of Congress Control Number00051389
  • OCLC Control Number45207911
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780802137920
  • Open LibraryOL22455090M

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3568.A572 P58 2001
  • LCCPS3568.A572P58 2001

Description

In her third collection of poems, Claudia Rankine creates a profoundly daring, ingeniously experimental examination of pregnancy, childbirth, and artistic expression. Liv, an expectant mother, and her husband, Erland, are at an impasse from her reluctance to bring new life into a bewildering world. The couple's journey is charted through conversations, dreams, memories, and meditations, expanding and exploding the emotive capabilities of language and form. A text like no other, it crosses genres, combining verse, prose, and dialogue to achieve an unparalleled understanding of creation and existence.

Description

"A postmodern dialogue about pregnancy, childbirth, and artistic expression, the electrifying journey is charted through dreams, conversations, and reflections - it crosses genres, existing at times in poetry, at times in dialogue and prose, in order to arrive at a new understanding of humanity."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • PlotGrove Press2001

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