Invocation: an Essay - Softcover

Cheng, Jennifer S

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9781934832271: Invocation: an Essay
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1934832278 ISBN 13: 9781934832271
Publisher: New Michigan Press, 2011

Synopsis

"To be unable to speak, to be shy, to be quiet, to be reticent, is not to be silent, or silenced--not if one listens carefully to the state of reclusion, as carefully as Jennifer S. Cheng does in her beautiful essay, in which she invokes not only the resonance of such a state, but reminds us, too, that the vocation of writing--always--is a call from within. It is a call she has clearly heard." --Mary Ruefle "In her concise, precise and beautifully rendered INVOCATION, Cheng's 'utterances' are urgent and even, at times, defiant. She puzzles out existence, investigates silence. The intersection of images and words teases yet insists: you will pay attention, you will comprehend. This voicing of the voiceless is stunningly magical." --Xu Xi

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Publisher
New Michigan Press
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1934832278
ISBN 13 
9781934832271
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
56
Rating
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