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Loading... Ordinary Beast: Poemsby Nicole Sealey
![]() None No current Talk conversations about this book. ![]() ![]() Some extraordinary moments and a big rangeāflat, declarative surprising poems and then formal, elegant surprising poems and then dense, quirky, heady, surprising poems. A terrific poet but a somewhat slight book. I love a real BOOK of poems, but rarely do I like as many individual poems as much as I do many here. Medical History, A Violence, Cento for the Night..., and the stunning Even the Gods. no reviews | add a review
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ONE OF PUBLISHERS WEEKLY'S TOP 10 POETRY BOOKS OF FALL 2017 NPR'S MOST ANTICIPATED POETRY BOOKS OF 2017 A striking, full-length debut collection from Virgin Islands-born poet Nicole Sealey The existential magnitude, deep intellect, and playful subversion of St. Thomas-born, Florida-raised poet Nicole Sealey's work is restless in its empathic, succinct examination and lucid awareness of what it means to be human. The ranging scope of inquiry undertaken in Ordinary Beast--at times philosophical, emotional, and experiential--is evident in each thrilling twist of image by the poet. In brilliant, often ironic lines that move from meditation to matter of fact in a single beat, Sealey's voice is always awake to the natural world, to the pain and punishment of existence, to the origins and demises of humanity. Exploring notions of race, sexuality, gender, myth, history, and embodiment with profound understanding, Sealey's is a poetry that refuses to turn a blind eye or deny. It is a poetry of daunting knowledge. No library descriptions found. |
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