Collected Poems

Karin Lessing

ISBN 10: 1848611315 / ISBN 13: 9781848611313

Published by Shearsman Books, GB, 2010

About this Item

Karin Lessing - born in Germany, raised in the USA, resident for decades in France - is one of those poets who exist outisde the tides of literary fashion, and indeed beyond the ken of most readers, although she has a devoted band of supporters, among whom Shearsman Books must be counted. Her last two collections were published here, and this survey of her entire writing career, which brings together all of her books plus a number of uncollected texts, is vital to reaching an understanding of her work. Her poetry is not as well known as it should be, in part due to her expatriation, but she writes slowly, and carefully, and with great attention to the smallest details of language. Her work owes something to American forebears, but also to European writers, both French and German, and the resulting poetic stands somewhat outside any poetic stream that one might recognise in the USA today, whether of the conservative, or of the alternative variety.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Collected Poems
• Publisher: Shearsman Books, GB
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848611315
• ISBN 13: 9781848611313
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 15.24W x 1.22H x 22.86D centimeters 15.24 centimeters width by 1.22 centimeters height by 22.86 centimeters depth
• Weight: 316 grams

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Synopsis

Poetry. Karin Lessing—born in Germany, raised in the USA, resident for decades in France—is one of those poets who exist outisde the tides of literary fashion, and indeed beyond the ken of most readers, although she has a devoted band of supporters, among whom Shearsman Books must be counted. Her last two collections were published by Shearsman (IN THE AVIARY OF VOICES and THE WINTER DREAM JOURNALS), and this survey of her entire writing career, which brings together all of her books plus a number of uncollected texts is vital to reaching an understanding of her work.

About the Author

Karin Lessing is an American poet who has been living in the Lubéron area of Provence since 1962. Her publications include the two collections mentioned above, from Shearsman Books, and two previous collections from Montemora and Pentagram Press. She was born in Görlitz, a town now split by the German/Polish border and emigrated to the USA at an early age. Her poetry is not as well known as it should be, in part due to her expatriation, but she writes slowly, and carefully, and with great attention to the smallest details of language. Her work owes something to American forebears, but also to European writers, both French and German, and the resulting poetic stands somewhat outside any poetic stream that one might recognise in the USA today, whether of the conservative, or of the alternative variety.