Two-Headed Nightingale (New Issues Poetry & Prose) - Softcover

Lessley, Shara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1936970074 ISBN 13: 9781936970070

Publisher: New Issues Poetry and Prose, 2012

Synopsis

Poetry. "These poems describe the outside world with a luminous grasp of detail, clarity, connection. Soon enough in every poem it seems the external world is giving way to a subtle interior of feeling and nuance. What is surprising is the command of language and music in which this occurs, and the sheer precision of both. There are pleasures on every page here, making this one of the best debut collections I have read."—Eavan Boland

"Shara Lessley has a scrupulous eye for the natural world, for the detail of memory, for the seemingly ordinary in which she often finds the surprise, the bizarre, or a painful past. In language that is sharp and clear, in forms that are disciplined by a discerning mind, she also explores the lives of liminal women and American outsiders. This is a first book you shouldn't miss."—Peter Balakian

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About the Author

SHARA LESSLEY is the author of Two-Headed Nightingale and The Explosive Expert's Wife. A former Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford, her awards include an NEA, the Diane Middlebrook Poetry Fellowship from the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing, an Olive B. O'Connor Fellowship from Colgate University, and a "Discovery"/The Nation prize, among others. With Bruce Snider, she co-edited The Poem's Country: Place & Poetic Practice. She currently lives in Oxford, England.

Edition details

• Publisher: New Issues Poetry and Prose
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1936970074
• ISBN 13: 9781936970070
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 85