And We'd Understand Crows Laughing - Softcover

Hill, W Nick; Ández Granados's Principle Of Uncertainty Have Come Out In Literal, EXchanges And Mid-American Review Where The Translation Chapbook "Constructed On Coincidence" Was A Feature Of The 2010 30th Anniversary Issue.The Americas Review The Bilingual Review And Others Have Publish

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ISBN 10: 1933675691 ISBN 13: 9781933675695

Publisher: Dos Madres Press, 2012

Synopsis

Poetry. "'...[W]hat is this intervening / That passes for now but / A box with windows...' I am shaken by these poems, over and over lines so wise, so tender, they both weep and laugh as they tumble from the page. I love the quiet authority in the seeing—in the telling—the careful, calm listening, the poet's life, passing through him, touched and held sacred by him, on its way to each reader.... In AND WE'D UNDERSTAND CROWS LAUGHING W. Nick Hill shows us that it is, yes, a fine thing to hear the coded voices, the evidence of existence all things place in the wind, but it's an even higher calling to translate these voices. The poems give hope, describe impossible loveliness and hold clues on how to survive our collective day of reckoning. This wonderful, kind and meticulously crafted book, without knowing it or intending it, is in truth a book of answers."—Gary Lemons

"The scale of Nick Hill's poetry runs from fava beans to 'the dinosaur's great collapse.' The cultural richness reaches from Spain and Latin America to the twisting wonders of contemporary American poetry. This book has literary heft, and should establish him as one of our essential poets."—James Bertolino

About this title

About the Author:

W. Nick Hill, emeritus professor of Spanish and Latin American literature at Fairfield University, was drawn to Port Townsend, Washington, by the poetry of the place. During his tenure he authored numerous scholarly articles on Latin American poetry and theatre.

Also a translator, Hill's version of Biography of a Runaway Slave, as well as two other novels were published by Curbstone Press. He has translated poetry for various U.S. reviews and journals. His versions of poems from award-winning Mexican Jorge Fernández Granados' Principle of Uncertainty have appeared in eXchanges and others, including a chapbook selection in The Mid-American Review (2010).

Review:

. . . what is this intervening/That passes for now but/A box with windows. . . I am shaken by these poems, over and over lines so wise, so tender, they both weep and laugh as they tumble from the page. I love the quiet authority in the seeing in the telling the careful, calm listening, the poet s life, passing through him, touched and held sacred by him, on its way to each reader. In And We d Understand Crows Laughing W. Nick Hill shows us that it is, yes, a fine thing to hear the coded voices, the evidence of existence all things place in the wind, but it s an even higher calling to translate these voices. The poems give hope, describe impossible loveliness and hold clues on how to survive our collective day of reckoning. This wonderful, kind and meticulously crafted book, without knowing it or intending it, is in truth a book of answers. --Gary Lemons

And We d Understand Crows Laughing is a collection of earthly breadth and epic depth that provides visions of the natural world humans long for integration with, the unspoiled garden of before, but against which human consciousness creates obstacles. It includes an extended segmented poem, The Tides, Neruda-like in its imagery, sensuality and exploration of desire for connection with the beloved. The final section, Red Truck, has a mythic quality in which the abandoned truck could stand in for every example of human folly. In And We d Understand Crows Laughing Nick Hill makes good on his declaration to be simply the gardener / who clears the way, / tends the grove. --Lana Hechtman Ayers

The scale of Nick Hill s poetry runs from fava beans to the dinosaur s great collapse. The cultural richness reaches from Spain and Latin America to the twisting wonders of contemporary American poetry. This book has literary heft, and should establish him as one of our essential poets. --James Bertolino

And We d Understand Crows Laughing is a collection of earthly breadth and epic depth that provides visions of the natural world humans long for integration with, the unspoiled garden of before, but against which human consciousness creates obstacles. It includes an extended segmented poem, The Tides, Neruda-like in its imagery, sensuality and exploration of desire for connection with the beloved. The final section, Red Truck, has a mythic quality in which the abandoned truck could stand in for every example of human folly. In And We d Understand Crows Laughing Nick Hill makes good on his declaration to be simply the gardener / who clears the way, / tends the grove. --Lana Hechtman Ayers

The scale of Nick Hill s poetry runs from fava beans to the dinosaur s great collapse. The cultural richness reaches from Spain and Latin America to the twisting wonders of contemporary American poetry. This book has literary heft, and should establish him as one of our essential poets. --James Bertolino

About this edition

• Publisher: Dos Madres Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1933675691
• ISBN 13: 9781933675695
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 95