One Crossed Out: Poems - Softcover

Howe, Fanny

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555972594 ISBN 13: 9781555972592

Publisher: Graywolf Press, 1997

Synopsis

Fanny Howe's new collection One Crossed Out, presents a portrait painted from the inside of the life of a homeless woman. The poems speak in the voice of May, the girl crossed out, the bad girl, the mad and drunk girl, the jailed and drugged girl. May is swirling in language, and the language convinces us that we really are deep in the core of a human consciousness, near the foul rag-and-bone shop of the heart. May is a neonomad, bringing to the world the opposite of worldliness, offering a glimpse of the invisible.

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From the Publisher

The voice of many of the poems in this collection is May, the girl crossed out, the bad girl, the mad and drunk girl, the jailed and drugged girl. May is and is not a source of wisdom--political, spiritual, or otherwise. Nor is she merely broken, nor merely admirable: she is swirling in language. The language convinces us that we really are deep in the core of a human consciousness, near the foul rag-and-bone shop of the heart. May is a neonomad, bringing to the world the opposite of worldliness, offering a glimpse of the invisible.

About the Author

Fanny Howe is the author of over twenty books of poetry and fiction, including Saving History, Famous Questions, and The Quietist. She is a professor of Writing and American Literature at the University of California at San Diego.

Edition details

• Publisher: Graywolf Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1555972594
• ISBN 13: 9781555972592
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 68