The Grace of Distance

Poems

Matthew Thorburn (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

84 Seiten

2019
Louisiana State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8071-7076-2 (ISBN)

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In The Grace of Distance, his poignant, far-traveling new collection of poems, Matthew Thorburn explores the ways in which we try to close the distances we experience in modern life, between doubt and faith, between cultures, between ourselves and those we love. He seeks to name, and find, that elusive, essential sense of connection humanity hungers for. In one poem, a boy places a bell in the hollow of a tree so someone might find it. In others, an overworked baker wishes for an annunciation of her own, while a man calls down into a well until another voice calls back. Set in China and America, in the present and the distant past, Thorburn's poems examine both Eastern and Western ideas of spirituality, looking closely at the ways we can lose faith, then sometimes find it again. The poems also confront the unbridgeable distances we must live with and the perhaps surprising grace they can provide, a greater sense of perspective, understanding, and peace, even as our lives move in the only direction they can, away from the past.

Matthew Thorburn is the author of seven collections of poetry, including Dear Almost, winner of the Lascaux Prize in Collected Poetry. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and son.

Erscheinungsdatum	11.01.2019
Reihe/Serie	Barataria Poetry
Mitarbeit	Herausgeber (Serie): Ava Leavell Haymon
Verlagsort	Baton Rouge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	139 x 215 mm
Gewicht	333 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
ISBN-10	0-8071-7076-3 / 0807170763
ISBN-13	978-0-8071-7076-2 / 9780807170762
Zustand	Neuware