Punctum
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2017
Kent State University Press (Verlag)
978-1-60635-333-2 (ISBN)
Kent State University Press (Verlag)
978-1-60635-333-2 (ISBN)
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In Punctum, Lesley Jenike's new collection, she writes, “It's our language: what can we call a thing / that is and is not.” These poems are haunted by a “non-child”, a child who was not to be born, and with it, a life the speaker was not to live. Absence itself becomes a nearly tangible presence.”
“In Punctum:, Lesley Jenike’s new collection, she writes, ‘It’s our language: what can we call a thing / that is and is not.’ These poems are haunted by a ‘non-child,’ a child who was not to be born, and with it, a life the speaker was not to live. Absence itself becomes a nearly tangible presence. I don’t know how Jenike does it—breaks your heart and makes you want more—but I can’t remember the last time I read poems as smart and sure and devastatingly precise in their language, imagery, and feeling. In a poem about a fateful ultrasound, one that reveals no fetal heartbeat, she writes, ‘the doctor calls it “practice,” snapping off // the screen, tearing up the spit-out photograph. / “Next time,” she says, “it’ll be the real thing.”’ Mark my words: these poems are—and this poet is—the real thing. Punctum: is a remarkable accomplishment.”
“In Punctum:, Lesley Jenike’s new collection, she writes, ‘It’s our language: what can we call a thing / that is and is not.’ These poems are haunted by a ‘non-child,’ a child who was not to be born, and with it, a life the speaker was not to live. Absence itself becomes a nearly tangible presence. I don’t know how Jenike does it—breaks your heart and makes you want more—but I can’t remember the last time I read poems as smart and sure and devastatingly precise in their language, imagery, and feeling. In a poem about a fateful ultrasound, one that reveals no fetal heartbeat, she writes, ‘the doctor calls it “practice,” snapping off // the screen, tearing up the spit-out photograph. / “Next time,” she says, “it’ll be the real thing.”’ Mark my words: these poems are—and this poet is—the real thing. Punctum: is a remarkable accomplishment.”
Lesley Jenike’s poems have appeared in Poetry, The Gettysburg Review, The Southern Review, Smartish Pace, Rattle, and many other journals. An earlier collection, Holy Island, was published in 2014.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.03.2017 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Wick Poetry Chapbook Series Five |
| Verlagsort | Kent, OH |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 137 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 249 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte |
| ISBN-10 | 1-60635-333-0 / 1606353330 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-60635-333-2 / 9781606353332 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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