Assembling the Shepherd: Poems (The Contemporary Poetry) - Softcover

Rumsey, Tessa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0820321680 ISBN 13: 9780820321684

Publisher: University of Georgia Press, 1999

Synopsis

Driven by an endless matrix of poetic forms, the poems of Assembling the Shepherd create a world where allusions to Plato and the Dead Sea scrolls intermingle with car culture and terrorism, where modern skylines are framed within the history of alchemy and architecture. Tessa Rumsey uses words in ways that defy summary and synonym in poetry that challenges the boundaries of common dualities―city and desert, heaven and earth, waking and dreaming, violence and harmony, destruction and regeneration, recollecting and forecasting. She attempts to move beyond these natural contrasts in her poetry, and beyond point of view to create a collection that offers an elemental glimpse of the fragmented yet interconnected world we live in.

Throughout the book, familiar themes are seen again and again, undergoing subtle metamorphosis: the seasonal solstice, the sundial, the planets, the Sphinx―as Rumsey invites us beneath the surface of her words.

About this title

About the Author

TESSA RUMSEY studied philosophy at Sarah Lawrence College and is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her poems have appeared in Black Warrior Review, Denver Quarterly, Colorado Review, the New Republic, and many other magazines. She lives in San Francisco.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820321680
• ISBN 13: 9780820321684
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 80