Folk Music in the United States: An Introduction (Wayne Books; Wb41; Humanities) - Softcover

Nettl, Bruno

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814315577 ISBN 13: 9780814315576

Publisher: Wayne State University Press, 1976

Synopsis

Folding a River, a collection of elegies, shows a pleasing range of free-verse forms that develop themes sustained throughout: loss, exile, myth, landscape. Kawita Kandpal's poems are explorations of East-West cultures, taking her into an emo-mythic place not to be found on any map. Kandpal's mood in Folding a River is melancholy, articulated with intelligence and grace, and her phrasing can rise to the level of proverb: "This time next year you will have evolved into an idea." In its personal evocations of geographical and linguistic exile from the subcontinent, centered on a lost father, her work recalls that of Li-Young Lee, yet with a feminine perspective often haunting in its own right: "tenderly / taking back the mistakes of men."

About this title

Book Description:

A graceful, deeply meditative debut from Kawita Kandpal.

About the Author:

Kawita Kandpal is the author of numerous poems that have appeared in such journals as TriQuarterly and Puerto del Sol. She is a graduate of the Creative Writing Program at Bowling Green State University and lives in Detroit.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0814315577
• ISBN 13: 9780814315576
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 188